harborage

[ hahr-ber-ij ]

noun

1. shelter for vessels, as that provided by a harbor.
2. any shelter or lodging.
3. a place of shelter.

Word History and Origins

Origin of harborage¹

First recorded in 1560–70; harbor + -age

Example Sentences

He was heartily glad, as apparently eager arms gave her the desired harborage, that the other girl was by now blocks away.

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The object of Ribault had been some safe and pleasant harborage, in which his people could refresh themselves for a- 14 - season.

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No town stretched out its sheltering walls before him; there was scarcely harborage for his ships.

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Intemperance, extravagant living, or immorality found no harborage on Plymouth Rock, no matter under what disguise it might come.

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I suppose you know, Johnson, that I am a magistrate, and the proper harborage I give to breakers of the peace is the jail.

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Related Words

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