Definition of shelter

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Shelter (n.) The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.

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Stellar :: Stell (v. t.) A partial inclosure made by a wall or trees, to serve as a shelter for sheep or cattle..
Cover :: Cover (n.) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover..
Bield :: Bield (n.) A shelter. Same as Beild.
Embay :: Embay (v. t.) To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay..
Unhouse :: Unhouse (v. t.) To drive from a house or habitation; to dislodge; hence, to deprive of shelter..
Cantonment :: Cantonment (n.) A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters..
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..
Shelter :: Shelter (n.) One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
Unhive :: Unhive (v. t. v. t.) To deprive of habitation or shelter, as a crowd..
Unhoused :: Unhoused (a.) Driven from a house; deprived of shelter.
Housing :: Housing (n.) The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
Unharbored :: Unharbored (a.) Affording no harbor or shelter.
Quartter :: Quartter (v. t.) To furnish with shelter or entertainment; to supply with the means of living for a time; especially, to furnish shelter to; as, to quarter soldiers..
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..
House :: House (v. t.) To drive to a shelter.
Unharbored :: Unharbored (a.) Having no harbor or shelter; unprotected.
Shelter :: Shelter (n.) The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
Hive :: Hive (v. i.) To take shelter or lodgings together; to reside in a collective body.
Hedge :: Hedge (v. i.) To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations..
Berlin :: Berlin (n.) A four-wheeled carriage, having a sheltered seat behind the body and separate from it, invented in the 17th century, at Berlin..
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