harbor

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
harbour /ˈhɑːbə(r)/ (US harbor)

▶noun a place on the coast where ships may moor in shelter, either naturally formed or artificially created. ▶verb

• 1 keep (a thought or feeling) secretly in one's mind.

• 2 give a refuge or shelter to.

  ■ carry the germs of (a disease).

• 3 archaic moor in a harbour.

– derivatives
harbourless adjective.

– origin OE herebeorg ‘shelter’, herebeorgian ‘occupy shelter’, of Gmc origin.