† ˈhaven-town Obs.
A town having a haven or harbour; a seaport town.
| c 1400 Destr. Troy 1789 At Mansua..A hauyn toun. 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VI, 175 b, To prohibite their landyng..haven tounes were watched. 1680 Morden Geog. Rect. (1685) 186 Porto, a Haven-Town at the Mouth of the Dueras. |