Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Shelter and anchorage for ships.
- noun Shelter; refuge.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Lodging; shelter; dwelling; abode.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Shelter; entertainment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US, nautical A place for
refuge for avessel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship)
Etymologies
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Examples
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After the bed bugs stopped moving within the paper, called a harborage, the scientists applied the desiccant dust followed by the alarm pheromone.
New Research Shows We May Finally Win The Battle Against Bed Bug Infestation 2009
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The brief added that, because their exclusion from the U.S. "is constitutionally valid, their resulting harborage at Guantánamo Bay is constitutional as well."
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Was there coal, was there petroleum or gold, was there rich soil or harborage, or the site for a fine city, these obsessed and witless Governments cried out for scramblers, and a stream of shabby, tricky, and violent adventurers set out to found a new section of the landed aristocracy of the world.
In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006
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It was accessible along a clear channel through the bordering coral reefs, and it offered calm harborage in the lee of the arm—the lee being alternately one side or the other, depending on which way the monsoon winds were blowing.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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It was accessible along a clear channel through the bordering coral reefs, and it offered calm harborage in the lee of the arm—the lee being alternately one side or the other, depending on which way the monsoon winds were blowing.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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If the comet fragments strike in the predicted locations, and the expected changes in local geography and sea level take place, Site 149 is going to be within a few kilometers of the new shoreline, right on top of what ought to be the best harborage for three thousand kilometers.
Roger MacBride Allen, Roger MacBride 1996
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I had seen the invasion fleet entering upon its peaceful harborage at Brundisium.
Mercenaries Of Gor Norman, John 1985
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In such close harborage it would be possible to walk across the sea yard, moving from deck to deck.
Guardsman Of Gor Norman, John, 1931- 1981
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The rocks among which they crouched were a rough harborage from which they could see the shore as a dark blot.
Key Out of Time Andre Norton 1958
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Carol would have offered it harborage long before.
Prudence Says So Ethel Hueston
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