harbour meaning: definition, quotations

harbour

noun

Standard spelling of harbor.

Commonwealth spelling

In West Wales it has never been possible until recently to exploit the magnificent natural harbour of Milford Haven, for there was no industrial hinterland.1961 August, “New traffic flows in South Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 492:

Derived terms: Bal Harbour, coharbour, Cole Harbour, English Harbour, enharbour, Franklin Harbour, harborous, harbourage, harbourer, harbourfront, harbourful, harbourless, harbourscape, harbourside, harboursome, harbourward, Horseshoe Harbour, Mare Harbour, Middle Harbour, Old Harbour, outharbour, Rosslare Harbour, Shoal Harbour, unharbour

verb

Standard spelling of harbor.

Commonwealth spelling

The docks, which once harboured tall ships, now harbour only petty thieves.
The bare suspicion made it treason to harbour the person suspected.a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:

3 more examples

Nor let your gentle Breast harbor one Thought Of Outrage from the Kin.1707, Nicholas Rowe, The Royal Convert:
Its streets fan out towards the clifftops, and its sheltered North Landing harbours open-decked fishing boats, called 'cobles'.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 188, about Flamborough:
If Moldova harboured even the slightest hopes of pulling off a comeback that would have bordered on miraculous given their lack of quality, they were snuffed out 13 minutes before the break2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport: