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

Woodhouse :: Woodhouse (n.) A house or shed in which wood is stored, and sheltered from the weather..

Cover :: Cover (n.) Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover..

Neathouse :: Neathouse (n.) A building for the shelter of neat cattle.

Scug :: Scug (n.) A place of shelter; the declivity of a hill.

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..

Burrow :: Burrow (n.) A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation..

Roofless :: Roofless (a.) Having no house or home; shelterless; homeless.

Protection :: Protection (n.) The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection..

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..

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..

Asylum :: Asylum (n.) A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege..

Defilade :: Defilade (v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point..

Shade :: Shade (n.) That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade..

Harborless :: Harborless (a.) Without a harbor; shelterless.

Wild :: Wild (superl.) Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead..

Tent :: Tent (n.) A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp..

Hothouse :: Hothouse (n.) A house kept warm to shelter tender plants and shrubs from the cold air; a place in which the plants of warmer climates may be reared, and fruits ripened..

Beild :: Beild (n.) A place of shelter; protection; refuge.

Barth :: Barth (n.) A place of shelter for cattle.

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