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shelterage

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Etymology

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From shelter +‎ -age.

Noun

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shelterage (countable and uncountable, plural shelterages)

  1. Shelter; a place where things can be sheltered.
    • 1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 447:
      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; []