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We might spend a year in such a journey, and we should pass through many lands that are empty and harbourless.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Hence two St. Julian's crosses, in saltier, are in chief of the innholders' arms, and the old motto was:—'When I was harbourless, ye lodged me.'

From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by Awdeley, John

Let him in, said the duchess, for I will see that knight, and for King Arthur's sake he shall not be harbourless.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

There was a harbourless coast-land, and long sandy strands.

From Eirik the Red's Saga by Sephton, John

To the west only the tribe of Ephraim reached the sea, and became master of a harbourless strip of coast.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max