shelteringn.
/ˈʃɛltərɪŋ/ The action of the verb. Also concrete, a place of shelter (rare).
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > seeking or taking shelter
sheltering1674
screening1893
shelter in place1976
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [noun] > shelter > giving or affording shelter
harbouringc1384
shelterage1650
sheltering1674
1674 (title) Learn to lye warm, or, An apology for that proverb. Tis good sheltring under an old hedge.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry xvi. 367 The sheltring of them with some Litter may do well.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ix, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 197 It's better sheltering under an auld hedge than under a new planted wood.
1901 G. Meredith Reading of Life 115 So those numerous tribes from their ships and their shelterings poured forth On that plain of Scamander.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
shelteringadj.
/ˈʃɛltərɪŋ/ That shelters, in the senses of the verb.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > refuge or shelter > [adjective] > of the nature of a shelter > sheltering
shadowing1552
sheltering1616
shroudy?1634
overshadowing1650
sheltery1729
covering1790
1616 T. Scot Philomythie sig. E 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.
1817 P. B. Shelley To W. Shelley 41 Less cruel than the savage slaves Who hunt us o'er these sheltering waves.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. ix. 261 They can,..stick their head ostrich-like into what sheltering Fallacy is nearest.
1890 R. Bridges Shorter Poems i. 14 'Twas at this sheltering hour he nightly came.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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