Shel"ter (?), n. [Cf. OE.
scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome,
scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop
of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men.
See Shield, n.] 1. That
which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a
screen.
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.
Shel"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Sheltered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sheltering.] 1. To be a shelter for; to
provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield;
to protect.
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.
Shel"ter, v. i. To take
shelter.
There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,
Shelters in cool.
Milton.
Shel"ter (?), n. [Cf. OE.
scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome,
scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop
of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men.
See Shield, n.] 1. That
which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a
screen.
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.
Shel"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Sheltered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sheltering.] 1. To be a shelter for; to
provide with a shelter; to cover from injury or annoyance; to shield;
to protect.
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.
Shel"ter, v. i. To take
shelter.
There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,
Shelters in cool.
Milton.
