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

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt..

Embosom :: Embosom (v. t.) To inclose or surround; to shelter closely; to place in the midst of something.

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

Camp :: Camp (n.) A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp..

Shroud :: Shroud (v. i.) To take shelter or harbor.

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

Lee :: Lee (n.) A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship..

Protective :: Protective (a.) Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.

Hibernacle :: Hibernacle (n.) That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant..

Booly :: Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers..

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..

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

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

Bower :: Bower (n.) A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess..

Haven :: Haven (n.) A place of safety; a shelter; an asylum.

Haven :: Haven (v. t.) To shelter, as in a haven..

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

Refuge :: Refuge (n.) That which shelters or protects from danger, or from distress or calamity; a stronghold which protects by its strength, or a sanctuary which secures safety by its sacredness; a place inaccessible to an enemy..

Unharbored :: Unharbored (a.) Affording no harbor or shelter.

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