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.