harbourless
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a word derived from
harbour.
Example Sentences
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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
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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 Sir Thomas Malory
They knew the harbourless character of the African coast west of Egypt, and the dangers of the Lesser and Greater Syrtes.
From History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson
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 John Awdeley
There was a harbourless coast-land, and long sandy strands.
From Eirik the Red's Saga by John Sephton