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Camp :: Camp (n.) The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc..

Banyan :: Banyan (n.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men..

Shelter :: Shelter (v. i.) To take shelter.

Pannier :: Pannier (n.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.

Harbrough :: Harbrough () A shelter.

Unhoused :: Unhoused (a.) Driven from a house; deprived of shelter.

Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street..

Ensconce :: Ensconce (v. t.) To cover or shelter, as with a sconce or fort; to place or hide securely; to conceal..

Republican :: Republican (n.) A South African weaver bird (Philetaerus socius). These weaver birds build many nests together, under a large rooflike shelter, which they make of straw..

Bosomy :: Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.

But :: But (v. t.) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.

Winter-ground :: Winter-ground (v. t.) To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant..

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) Place of lodging or temporary residence; shelter; entertainment; -- usually in the plural.

Testudo :: Testudo (n.) A cover or screen which a body of troops formed with their shields or targets, by holding them over their heads when standing close to each other. This cover resembled the back of a tortoise, and served to shelter the men from darts, stones, and other missiles. A similar defense was sometimes formed of boards, and moved on wheels..

Levesel :: Levesel (n.) A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage.

Screen :: Screen (v. t.) To provide with a shelter or means of concealment; to separate or cut off from inconvenience, injury, or danger; to shelter; to protect; to protect by hiding; to conceal; as, fruits screened from cold winds by a forest or hill..

Covert :: Covert (v. t.) Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook..

Refuge :: Refuge (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

Houseless :: Houseless (a.) Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless; as, a houseless wanderer..

Herbergage :: Herbergage (n.) Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor.

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