Cherbourg

[ shair-boo rg; French sher-boor ]

/ ˈʃɛər bʊərg; French ʃɛrˈbur /

a seaport in NW France.

Example sentences from the Web for cherbourg

There's a boat coming up that may be the same one you telegraphed to at Cherbourg from Southampton.

The World Masters |George Griffith
The two portions from Brest and Cherbourg had now united their forces.

The World Peril of 1910 |George Griffith
We shall be off Cherbourg in the morning, and we will make a harbor there.

Down the Rhine |Oliver Optic
Now, on the morning of December 24, just a month after his return from Cherbourg, he noticed that the kitchen-door was wide open.

A Chambermaid's Diary |Octave Mirbeau

The Kearsarge cruised about the port of Cherbourg, poked her bows nearly into the break-water, and then withdrew.

Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea |Charles H. L. Johnston

Cherbourg

/ (ˈʃɛəbʊəɡ, French ʃɛrbur) /

a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)