home port
noun
the port where a ship is registered.
the port out of which a ship is operated but not necessarily registered.
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Origin of home port
First recorded in 1890–95
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for home port
There it swings, blow high or low, in sleet and hail, until the ship reaches her home-port.
Jan Vedder's Wife|Amelia Edith Huddleston BarrThey stood round it and wrangled about what kind of vessel it was and what was its home-port.
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete|Martin Anderson Nexo