Shelter \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)