Mulberry Harbour

noun

1. either of two prefabricated floating harbours towed across the English Channel to the French coast for the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mulberry Harbour¹

from the code name Operation Mulberry

Example Sentences

"Over 1,000 people were working there as he was trying to develop some sort of prototype of what would become the Mulberry Harbour."

From BBC

They were on their way back from Mulberry Harbour near Thorpe Bay in Southend when they got into difficulty at about 15:05 BST on Friday.

From BBC

The Mulberry harbour was built to supply allied troops as they pushed the Germans back.

From Reuters

At 06:26 BST - the exact minute the first British troops landed on the beaches in 1944 - a lone piper will play on a section of the Mulberry Harbour in the town of Arromanches.

From BBC

But the LCT hit a mine off the coast of Arromanches, near the Mulberry harbour.

From The Guardian