literal and figurative. A place of shelter, protection, safety, or retreat; a refuge, a sanctuary. Also as a mass noun: refuge, shelter. (Now the…

A place to flee into; a refuge.

A hiding place, refuge.

A place of shelter or sojourn; lodgings, quarters, resting-place; place of entertainment, inn; place of refuge, asylum. Obsolete exc. dialect.

A place of reception, refuge, shelter, or accommodation; a home, haunt, usual residence or retreat. Cf. receipt, n. 8a. Obsolete (Scottish in later…

A place of shelter, a lodging-place; = harbour, n.1 2.

A person who or thing which provides shelter, aid, or protection; = refuge, n. 2.

The earlier form of asylum, n. (in senses 1, 2, 3).

A place of the reception or accommodation for people; a shelter, refuge. Cf. receptacle, n. 5a, reset, n.1 1. Obsolete.

Shelter or protection from danger or trouble. Formerly also: †assistance sought by, or given to, a person, succour (obsolete).

The port or goal which a person is making for; a haven, a sanctuary.

= receipt, n., reset, n.1 (in various senses).

figurative and in figurative context. A place to which one aims, a destination; a place of safety or rest, a refuge.

A place into which a person, animal, ship, etc., is received and sheltered; a haven. Also occasionally: a room or apartment in a building (see…

of refuge: affording or intended for shelter or protection, as in place (etc.) of refuge. See also city of refuge (also†refute) n. at city, n.…

A place providing shelter or security; a refuge. Also in extended use.

shelter in a port; also figurative.

A place of shelter; now = stell, n.4 Also †stelling-place.

A place of refuge. Also: a means of obtaining assistance (cf. refuge, n. 3a).

The action or an act of retreating (in various senses of retreat, v.1).

a place of shelter and safety for ships; now chiefly figurative (also as a mass noun) and in extended use; cf. safe harbour n. (a).

a place where a ship or boat can moor, anchor, or take shelter; a harbour; also figurative.

transferred and figurative.

(a) a place of shelter and safety, esp. for ships; also as a mass noun; frequently figurative; (b) originally and chiefly U.S. a provision in a…

figurative, esp. in a spiritual sense.

A source or place of shelter, protection, safety, etc.; a refuge. Now rare.

The large covered floating vessel in which Noah was saved at the Deluge; hence figurative a place of refuge. (In 13–14th centuries commonly arche, n.)

A place of refuge.

A hiding place; a place of refuge or concealment. In natural history: a winter refuge, a hibernaculum, a pupal cell, etc. Now rare.

gen. A secure place of refuge, shelter, or retreat.

A hole by which one creeps in or out; ‘a hole into which any animal may creep to escape danger’ (Johnson). Also figurative (cf. loophole, n.1).

A place of shelter; a lodging; = harbour, n.1 2.

A place which may be returned to; a refuge.

= creep-hole, n.

In figurative context. a port in a (also the) storm: a refuge, escape, or comfort in difficulties or troubled circumstances. Esp. in any port in a…

= receptacle, n. 5. Also: a place where goods in transit are received.

In extended use: a place offering comfort and seclusion from the outside world.

A hiding place or refuge.