Reverse Dictionary: HARBOUR

ADJECTIVES
1612 HARBOROUS furnished with harbours or havens for ships → obs.


NOUNS
1031 HAVEN a recess or inlet of the sea, or the mouth of a river, affording good anchorage and a safe station for ships; a harbour, a port
1500 HARBERY → HARBOURY → HARBRY shelter for ships, a harbour → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1538 HAVENET a small haven or harbour → obs.
1538 HAVENLET a small harbour or port → obs.
1854 HAUEN a harbour, a haven → Eng. dial.
1854 HAWN a harbour, a haven → Eng. dial.
1864 HAVENAGE harbour-dues
1867 TIDE the water in a dock or harbour; the seashore → Sc.


NOUNS, PERSON
1313 HAVENER an official in charge of a haven, a harbour-master → hist.
1679 HAVEN-MASTER the chief official in charge of a haven (a sheltered body of water along a coast or shore where ships or boats can moor or anchor, esp. during stormy weather); a harbour-master → hist.
1884 HARBOR-MASTER an officer who has charge of the mooring and berthing of ships, and enforces the regulations respecting harbours
1884 HARBOUR-MASTER an officer who has charge of a harbour, and of the mooring of ships, etc.
1998 HARBOUR CHIEF the person in charge of a harbour (Bk.)
1998 HARBOUR SUPERINTENDENT the person in charge of a harbour (Bk.)


VERBS
1513 HARBRY → HERBERY to anchor a ship in a haven or harbour → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.