unharboured

unharboured is the simple past and past participle of unharbour.

Meaning of unharbour

unharbour (third-person singular simple present unharbours, present participle unharbouring, simple past and past participle unharboured)

(transitive) To drive (someone, or something such as hunting game) from harbour or shelter.
- [I]f the Harte ſhould rowze for feare a farre of [off], his hound (hunting vpon the winde) might carie him amiſſe, ſo that he ſhould not finde the layre. Whereby (⁊ by yͤ foyles about it) he might haue certain iudgement: and if he rowze or vnharbor the Deare ⁊ find the layre, let him not blow ouer...1575, Jacques du Fouilloux, “How a Huntsman should Rowze an Hart, and Cast off His Hounds to Him”, in George Gascoigne, transl., The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting. […], London: […] Thomas Purfoot...

unharboured (not comparable)

(obsolete) Offering no harbour or shelter.
- And like a quiver'd nymph with arrowes keene
  May trace huge forreſts, and unharbour'd heaths1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From un- + harboured.

What does unharboured mean?: Unharboured means offering no harbour or shelter.
What is unharboured the simple past and past participle of?: Unharboured is the simple past and past participle of unharbour.
What part of speech is unharboured?: Unharboured is an adjective.

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