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▪ I. sheltering, vbl. n.|ˈʃɛltərɪŋ|
[f. shelter v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb. Also concr., a place of shelter (rare).
1674(title) Learn to lye Warm, or, An apology for that Proverb. Tis good sheltring under an old Hedge. 1707Mortimer Husb. xvi. 367 The sheltring of them with some Litter may do well. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xlvi, It's better sheltering under an auld hedge than under a new-planted wood. 1901Meredith Reading of Life 115 So those numerous tribes from their ships and their shelterings poured forth On that plain of Scamander.
▪ II. sheltering, ppl. a.|ˈʃɛltərɪŋ|
[f. shelter v. + -ing2.]
That shelters, in the senses of the verb.
1616T. Scot Philomythie i. (ed. 2) F 6, A ridiculous Mouse For feare of Cats leauing her sheltring house. 1773[T. Day] Dying Negro 18 And death extends his shelt'ring arms in vain. 1817Shelley To W. Shelley 41 Less cruel than the savage slaves Who hunt us o'er these sheltering waves. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. iv. ix, They can..stick their head ostrich-like into what sheltering Fallacy is nearest. 1890R. Bridges Shorter Poems i. 14 'Twas at this sheltering hour he nightly came. |