Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HAR'BOR, n. [Sax. here-berga, the station of an army; D. herberg, an inn; Dan. Sw. and G. herberge; Fr. auberge; Sp. and Port. albergue; It. albergo. The rust syllable, in the Teutonic dialects, signifies an army, or a troop, a crowd; the last syllable is berg, burg, a town, or castle, or from bergen, to save. But in the Celtic dialects, the first syllable, al, is probably different from that of the other dialects.]

1. A lodging; a place of entertainment and rest. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. Dryden.
2. A port or haven for ships; a bay or inlet of the sea, in which ships can moor, and be sheltered from the fury of winds and a heavy sea; any navigable water where ships can ride in safety.
3. An asylum; a shelter; a place of safety from storms or danger.