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. ]
The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid,
From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou [ God ] hast been a shelter for me. Ps. lxi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
Who into shelter takes their tender bloom. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shelter tent,
v. t.
Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame,
Or shelter passion under friendship's name. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
They sheltered themselves under a rock. Abp. Abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To take shelter. [ 1913 Webster ]
There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat,
Shelters in cool. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of shelter or protection. [ 1913 Webster ]
Now sad and shelterless perhaps she lies. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Affording shelter. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]