Definition of shelter

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Shelter (v. i.) To take shelter.

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Harborless :: Harborless (a.) Without a harbor; shelterless.
Hovel :: Hovel (n.) An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather..
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..
Roofless :: Roofless (a.) Having no house or home; shelterless; homeless.
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold..
House :: House (v. i.) To take shelter or lodging; to abide to dwell; to lodge.
Covered :: Covered (a.) Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden.
Lodge :: Lodge (n.) A shelter in which one may rest; as: (a) A shed; a rude cabin; a hut; as, an Indian's lodge..
Hover :: Hover (n.) A cover; a shelter; a protection.
Mew :: Mew (n.) A cage for hawks while mewing; a coop for fattening fowls; hence, any inclosure; a place of confinement or shelter; -- in the latter sense usually in the plural..
Weather-fend :: Weather-fend (v. t.) To defend from the weather; to shelter.
Levesel :: Levesel (n.) A leafy shelter; a place covered with foliage.
Unhoused :: Unhoused (a.) Not provided with a house or shelter; houseless; homeless.
Roofing :: Roofing (n.) Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter..
But :: But (v. t.) The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
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..
Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A place of shelter made of the boughs of trees, -- used by lumbermen, etc..
Shroud :: Shroud (v. i.) To take shelter or harbor.
Unhoused :: Unhoused (a.) Driven from a house; deprived of shelter.
Sanctuary :: Sanctuary (n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection.
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