harbourage
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"If you have food and water and harbourage, you have a perfect storm there for rat activity," she said.
From BBC ● May 21, 2025
"A lot of it is to do with us, people leaving food behind. Remove the food and the harbourage and they won't be secure, they will go," she said.
From BBC ● May 21, 2025
"This craft of ours is only fit for fair weather and easy harbourage, and not knowing the little crinkles o' the coast, t'ud be nowt but a miracle if we 'scaped being stove in."
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
On the rocks there is no ledge or cranny which could give us proper harbourage; and starting from Breuil it is certainly impossible to reach the summit in a single day.”
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward
Owing to the constant shifting of the camp as the railway lengthened, Will had had some trouble in finding harbourage at once secure and convenient for his vessel.
From Swift and Sure by Strang, Herbert
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