harbour
IPA: hˈɑrbɝ
noun
- (British spelling) Standard spelling of harbor.
- A surname.
- A surname from English
- A surname from French, variant of Arbour
verb
- (British spelling) Standard spelling of harbor.
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Examples of "harbour" in Sentences
- The city centre is to the south of the harbour.
- The eastern side of the harbour is better sheltered.
- The harbour is active in the timber and wine trades.
- Mulberry was the code name for the artificial harbours.
- There are also areas of quicksand close to the harbour.
- The rigging of the boats in harbour sparkled with flags.
- It is the most northerly sheltered harbour on the island.
- The Cammeraygal lived on the northern side of the harbour.
- The ship leaked oil creating a slick in part of the harbour.
- The other harbour is at the mouth of the Nelson in Saskatchewan.
- In 1868, the arrival of the railway reduced the use of the harbour.
- Can't do Cochin harbour without taking a shot of the Chinese fishing nets, can you?
- Towards the sea, the harbour is a picture in itself, filled as it is with war-vessels.
- Aberdeen and Lochaber, and there is good reason for supposing that the word harbour is derived from it.
- N* ship nets connect to wider networks by shore connection when vessels are in harbour and using satcomms when at sea, says the story.
- At a small distance from the mouth of the harbour is a little island with a fort upon it, which gives the bay a pretty and rather romantic appearance.
- The vessel is in harbour, and ere this he must have landed; so haste and prepare to receive him with the respect due to the intended husband of your young mistress.
- Thereupon they said to me, “Remember, O youth, that should ill befal thee we will not again harbour thee nor suffer thee to abide amongst us;” and bringing a ram they slaughtered it and skinned it.
- It must be autumn at home now – the harbour is a-dream and the old Glen hills blue with haze, and Rainbow Valley a haunt of delight with wild asters blowing all over it – our old 'farewell-summers.'
- The great difficulty to be contended against in the harbour is the shallowness of the water, except in certain places, and in these the ships are wedged together, with scarcely room to swing, and with the rush of the tide out from the Sound, or in from the ocean, assisted by incessant gales of wind, there is hardly a minute of the day that some vessel does not come to grief.