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Herbery, -erie, n. Also: herberé, -bar(r)ie. [North. ME. herbery, -ere, -er (a 1300). Returning to early ME. her(e)berȝe, OE. herebeorᵹ harbour, shelter, lodgings (f. here army and beorᵹ protection, shelter), ON. herbergi. Cf. Herbry n. The common later form is Harbery.]

1. Shelter, lodging, entertainment. 1375 Barb. xiv. 153.
Neir the toune he tuk [E. tuk his] herbery a1500 Henr. Fab. 227 (Asl. 67).
Baith meit and drink, herbery and hous, ȝe sall it have Ib. 262 (101).
In till ane innes thair herbery was tane 1490 Irland Mir. I. 114/6.
Thar was strangearis in the tovne, and mycht get na herbery, bot lay … neire the wallis 1541 Prot. Bk. T. Johnsoun 50.
[William shall receive his brother] till hous and herbery, met and clayth c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5942.
Oftymes ȝe gaif me herberye Ib. 5979.
Quhen … thé refusit [we] herbery? 1588 Crim. Trials I. 167.
Dilatit of the … furnesing of meitt, drink and herberie to M^r Robert Bruce 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. ii. 44.
[They] sall receaue passengers in herberie within their houses

2. A place of shelter or sojourn; a lodging- or dwelling-place; an encampment. 1375 Barb. vii. 308.
I com so neir thair herbery, That I can bryng ȝow quhar thai ly Ib. xix. 755.
The Ynglis men saw the herbery Quhar Scottis men war wount to ly All woyd 14.. Acts I. 11/2.
That al maner of violence and wasting of herbery be stanchyt 1549 Compl. 135/15.
[It] hes gart mony of vs be hareyt furtht of house and herberyeattrib. c1450-2 Howlat 646.
Syne hufe, hover, and behald the herbery place

3. A shelter for ships; a harbour. 1606–7 Ayr Common Good (MS).
Ane pairt of the bulwark of the herbery of this burcht 1617 Edinb. B. Rec. VI. 169.
For support to the herbarrie of Musselburgh 1632 Ib. VII. 116.
To the burgh of North Berwick for help to the reparatioun of thair herbarie 1676 Glasgow Chart. II. 188 n.
For building the breastwork and filling the herbery of Newport Glasgow