A port or haven; esp. a small haven or landing-place on a river. Now obsolete except in historical use, and in place-names, as Hythe, Rotherhithe, La…
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] (148) hithec725 A port or haven; esp. a small haven or landing-place on a river. Now obsolete except in historical use, and in place-names, as Hythe, Rotherhithe, La… havenOE A sheltered body of water along a coast or shore where ships or boats can moor or anchor, esp. during stormy weather; a harbour, a port. Also: a… port1340 A place on a coast or shore which boats use to shelter from storms, or to load and unload; a harbour, a haven. stationa1382 Nautical. Originally: a port, harbour, or roadstead for ships. Now chiefly: a place at which ships of a nation's navy are regularly stationed, or… harbourc1405 A place of shelter for ships; spec. where they may lie close to and sheltered by the shore or by works extended from it; a haven, a port. haveningc1425 A haven, a harbour. Also figurative. piera1552 A sheltered harbour or haven. Obsolete. harbourage1850 Shelter for ships, shelter in a haven: cf. harbour, n.1 3. Subcategories:— types of (15) — town possessing (13) — most landward part of harbour (1) — harbour wall (1) — floating harbour (2) — port offices (2) — place for a vessel in a harbour (1) — place to renew supplies (6) — landing-place (24) — buffer on a ferry slip (1) — wharf or quay (38) — jetty or pier (11) — dock (15) — basin in river or canal (2) — timber or guard on pier or dock wall (1) — boathouse (4) — hollow where ship lies in sand (2) — artificial trench to admit boat (1) |
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