haven townn.

Brit.

/ˈheɪvn taʊn/, U.S.

/ˈheɪv(ə)n ˌtaʊn/

Forms: see haven n. and town n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: haven n., town n.

Etymology: < haven n. + town n.

Now historical and rare.

A town having a haven or harbour; a seaport town. Also (and earliest) figurative: a place providing refuge or sanctuary.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > sea-port town

porteOE

haven townc1400

port town1576

seaport town1705

seaport1849

outport1935

c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 45 (MED) Ȝif good example to men þat þei mowen se bi þi liuinge hou þei mowen come to þe hauen toun of heuene.

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 9 Baia, an hauene toune.

1425 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 12/1 In ilk burghe or gret havin townys.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 30 At Mansum..A hauyn toun.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxv^v To prohibite their landyng..hauen tounes were watched.

1645 True Relation of Whale 6 At this Haven Towne they were no sooner landed but they understood that a Whale of a mighty bignes was cast up.

1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 186 Porto, a Haven-Town at the Mouth of the Dueras.

1708 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) 453 Portmoot is a word used in the Statute of 43 Eliz. cap. 15. and signifies a Court kept in a haven-town.

1777 C. Butler Ess. Legality of impressing Seamen vi. 69 The Crown had no other fleet but the ships with which they were supplied from different places, and particularly from sea towns and haven towns.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 120 So o'er the down He went, until a haven-town Shone like a patch of stars on earth.

1897 R. Rodd Ballads of Fleet 32 The land troops crossed in barges by the shoals from the haven town.

1924 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1921–4 C. 36 322 Even at Chichester, then a thriving haven town, there was no regular direct trade.

1978 Dublin Hist. Rec. 31 94 Hollinshed..describes Malahide Port subsequent to 1547 as one of the chief haven towns in Ireland.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	haven town
释义	haven townn. Brit. /ˈheɪvn taʊn/, U.S. /ˈheɪv(ə)n ˌtaʊn/ Forms: see haven n. and town n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: haven n., town n. Etymology: < haven n. + town n. Now historical and rare. A town having a haven or harbour; a seaport town. Also (and earliest) figurative: a place providing refuge or sanctuary. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > sea-port town porteOE haven townc1400 port town1576 seaport town1705 seaport1849 outport1935 c1400 Bk. to Mother (Bodl.) 45 (MED) Ȝif good example to men þat þei mowen se bi þi liuinge hou þei mowen come to þe hauen toun of heuene. a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 9 Baia, an hauene toune. 1425 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 12/1 In ilk burghe or gret havin townys. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 30 At Mansum..A hauyn toun. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxxv^v To prohibite their landyng..hauen tounes were watched. 1645 True Relation of Whale 6 At this Haven Towne they were no sooner landed but they understood that a Whale of a mighty bignes was cast up. 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 186 Porto, a Haven-Town at the Mouth of the Dueras. 1708 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) 453 Portmoot is a word used in the Statute of 43 Eliz. cap. 15. and signifies a Court kept in a haven-town. 1777 C. Butler Ess. Legality of impressing Seamen vi. 69 The Crown had no other fleet but the ships with which they were supplied from different places, and particularly from sea towns and haven towns. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 120 So o'er the down He went, until a haven-town Shone like a patch of stars on earth. 1897 R. Rodd Ballads of Fleet 32 The land troops crossed in barges by the shoals from the haven town. 1924 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1921–4 C. 36 322 Even at Chichester, then a thriving haven town, there was no regular direct trade. 1978 Dublin Hist. Rec. 31 94 Hollinshed..describes Malahide Port subsequent to 1547 as one of the chief haven towns in Ireland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400
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