The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shelter \Shel"ter\, n. [Cf. OE. scheltrun, shiltroun, schelltrome, scheldtrome, a guard, squadron, AS. scildtruma a troop of men with shields; scild shield + truma a band of men. See Shield, n.]
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That which covers or defends from injury or annoyance; a protection; a screen.
The sick and weak the healing plant shall aid, From storms a shelter, and from heat a shade.
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One who protects; a guardian; a defender.
Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me.
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3. The state of being covered and protected; protection; security.
Who into shelter takes their tender bloom.
--Young.Shelter tent,a small tent made of pieces of cotton duck arranged to button together. In field service the soldiers carry the pieces.
Syn: Asylum; refuge; retreat; covert; sanctuary; protection; defense; security.
Wiktionary
n. a small wedge-shaped tent made by folding two waterproof sheets of material together
WordNet
n. a wedge-shaped tent; usually without a floor or windows [syn: pup tent]
Usage examples of "shelter tent".
Probably he'd holed up in his shelter tent when it began to rain, to sleep at least until it quit.
Penny took a couple of steps back from him, toward the opening of the Lizards' shelter tent.
He was a huge man, all bulk and no bulge, enough fabric in his sky-blue-with-white-piping uniform to shelter tent-cities of refugees.
With practiced and efficient movements, he erected a small shelter tent of magically thin, strong fabric in an inconspicuous place.
He had secured in some way a shelter tent, and was inside of it fixing it up.