shelterage

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noun

Shelter; a place where things can be sheltered.

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Meanings

nounshelterage (countable and uncountable, plural shelterages)

plural shelterages

  1. countableuncountableShelter; a place where things can be sheltered.

    It is true, his household goods were now removed to more auspicious shelterage; the cherry-tree chair stood beside a chimney with a marble ledge; […]

    1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 447

Origin

From shelter + -age.

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APA

shelterage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shelterage

MLA

“shelterage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shelterage. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shelterage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shelterage.

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