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noun 
  1. (context, obsolete, uncountable) shelter, Shelter, refuge.
  2. A place of shelter or refuge.
The neighbourhood is a well-known for petty thieves.
  1. (obsolete) A house of the zodiac.
    • Late C14: To ech of hem his tyme and his seson, / As thyn herberwe chaungeth lowe or heighe " Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Franklin"s Tale", Canterbury Tales
      1. A sheltered area for ships; a piece of water adjacent to land in which ships may stop to load and unload.
      The city has an excellent natural .
Translations: 
  • French: port
  • German: Hafen
  • Spanish: puerto
verb 
  1. (transitive) To provide shelter or refuge for.
The docks, which once harboured tall ships, now only petty thieves.
Translations: 
  • French: abriter
Etymology: Apparently from unattested Old English
  • herebeorg (hereOld English, here "army" + gebeorg, Äebeorg "shelter"), or directly from (or influenced by) cognate Old Norse herbergi. Cognate with Dutch herberg, German Herberge "hospice", Swedish hírbírge.


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