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.