bar harbo(u)r

Maritimes.

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a harbor, the entrance to which is partially obstructed by a sand bar.

Quotations

1830

. . . the coast to the westward . . . [alternates] with stony beaches and shallow bar-harbours.

1871

Pabos is a bar harbor and very difficult of access.