A nook or corner; a retired or sheltered spot.

A place of seclusion; a hermitage. Also in extended use. Obsolete.

A hermitage, a place of seclusion. (Only recorded in the works of Caxton.) Obsolete.

A place providing privacy or seclusion for the purposes of prayer, study, or meditation, or for rest and relaxation; a quiet or secluded dwelling or…

A secluded or private place; a retreat. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).

A place of sanctuary or seclusion; a retreat, refuge; (in extended use) a source of assistance. Obsolete.

A secluded or private place; a retreat. Also in extended use. Now rare.

A remote and secluded spot, a secret or private place. Now rare.

transferred. A retired spot. Hence, an abode sheltered from the world, a quiet habitation. Chiefly plural. Now only poetic or rhetorical.

Used in slang or colloquial phrases for a place of retirement or concealment, or a place far distant and out of the way.

A private place; a place of concealment or retreat; a private apartment. Chiefly in plural. Now rare.

A private, secluded situation.

A place or abode in which one is secluded.

Chiefly in French contexts. A place of seclusion and privacy; a secluded residence; = retreat, n. 4b. Now rare.

A piece of water without current, lying more or less parallel to a river, and fed from it at the lower end by a back-flow.

A place of concealment or retreat.