"In sight of Troy lies Tenedos, an isle / renowned and rich, while Priam held command, / now a mere bay and roadstead fraught with guile. / Thus far they sailed, and on the lonely strand / lay hid,"
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Roadstead
/ˈɹəʊdstɛd/
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When the ship returns from its voyage, and comes to the roadstead to the harbor, the captain is obliged to give a statement to the commander of the artillery in that port as to how much gunpowder he has left.
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The shores of Protection island form on its south side, which is about two miles long, a most excellent roadstead, and a channel into port Discovery, near 2 miles wide on either side […]
Source: wiktionary
[…] I found we were lying in a roadstead among many low and rocky islets, hovered about by an innumerable cloud of sea-fowl.
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