There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters
in cool. --Milton.
The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From
storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. --Pope.
2. One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me. --Ps. lxi. 3.
3. The state of being covered and protected; protection;
security.
Who into shelter takes their tender bloom. --Young.
{Shelter tent},a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck
arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers
carry the pieces.
Syn: Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection;
defense; security.
Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
--Dryden.
You have no convents . . . in which such persons may
be received and sheltered. --Southey.
2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise.
In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame, Or
shelter passion under friendship's name. --Prior.
3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used
reflexively.
They sheltered themselves under a rock. --Abp.
Abbot.