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Ship's shelter
Answer for the clue "Ship's shelter ", 6 letters:
harbor
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Word definitions for harbor in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Harbor \Har"bor\ (h[aum]r"b[~e]r), n. [Written also harbour .] [OE. herbor, herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri, Goth. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"lodging for ships," early 12c., probably from Old English herebeorg "lodgings, quarters," from here "army, host" (see harry ) + beorg "refuge, shelter" (related to beorgan "save, preserve;" see bury ); perhaps modeled on Old Norse herbergi "room, lodgings, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A harbor or harbour (see spelling differences ), or haven , is a body of water where ships, boats and barges seek shelter from stormy weather, or are stored for future use. Harbors and ports are often confused with each other. A port is a manmade facility ...
Usage examples of harbor.
I recognized that voice: It was Aden Fiske, who was the head of the Stone Harbor Historical Society and manager of the Chandler House site.
Was Aden really doing what I thought he was doing, essentially establishing me as the goto person for conducting archaeological research in Stone Harbor?
Having seen Jacopo fairly out of the harbor, Dantes proceeded to make his final adieus on board The Young Amelia, distributing so liberal a gratuity among her crew as to secure for him the good wishes of all, and expressions of cordial interest in all that concerned him.
Perhaps in the old days it was the road from Agios Georgios to the church and the auncient harbor, I do not know.
At anchor, Plymouth harbor: The Master of the ship, with three or four of the sailors and several of the Planters, went aland and marched along the coast several miles.
Gradually, Seregil introduced Alec to more clandestine procedures-a little innocent housebreaking, or making a game of evading the notice of the Harbor Watch in the rough byways of the Lower City.
A dank wind whipped up from the harbor as Alec and Micum rode up to the prison near the southern wall of the city.
Red cree lacked the medicinal quality of the blue in which, partly because of its chemical reaction to the ammoniated air and partly due to the latent eggs it harbored, lay the curative power so much in demand on Earth.
Patience listed the campgrounds between Rock Harbor and Amygdaloid accessible by water.
Beneath it the city dropped away in walls, roofs, archaistic chimneys and lamplit streets, goblin lights of human-piloted vehicles, to the harbor, the sweep of Venture Bay, ships bound to and from the Sunward Islands and remoter regions of the Boreal Ocean, which glimmered like mercury in the afterglow of Charlemagne.
The Argyle Museum held millions in priceless treasures - but only The Shadow knew that it harbored crime within!
I believe the landlady put it all down to my atheistical views a just retribution for harboring such a notorious fellow in her house!
And if asked, he acknowledged harboring an atypical indifference to religion.
Court denied the jurisdiction of a federal circuit court to try defendant for a murder committed in Boston Harbor in the absence of statutory authorization of trials in federal courts for offenses committed within the jurisdiction of a State.
He had earned his own wings as a Naval Aviator at Pensacola, and had tried to get back in the Navy after Pearl Harbor.