harbourage
Place of refuge
Harbourage is shelter or refuge, especially for ships.
The word extends to any place of protection or concealment: The dense thicket provided harbourage for wildlife.
In legal contexts, harbourage can mean the act of sheltering someone, particularly a fugitive.
British spelling; American English uses *harborage*.
Secure harbor spot
- berthSleeping space on transport
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- marinaRecreational vessel harbor
- wharfShip docking structure
pier · quay · jetty · slipway · buoy · bollard · cleat · hawser
anchorage
Secure harbor spot
- berthSleeping space on transport
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- marinaRecreational vessel harbor
wharf · pier · quay · jetty · slipway · buoy · bollard · cleat · hawser · mooring
haven
Shelter from danger
shelter · protection · safety · safehouse · hideaway · bolthole · cover · escape · security · solace
bivouac
Temporary military encampment
den · hut · lean-to · lodge · nest · hovel · hutch · igloo · burrow · lair
harbourageexposure
State of being unprotected
vulnerability · expulsion · homelessness · displacement · exile
harbourageopen sea
Waters beyond coastlines
open water · high seas · open ocean · deep water · the deep
harbor, harbors, harbinger, harbour, harbours, harboured, harbouring, harborage, safe harbor