'Sheltering' definitions:

Definition of 'Sheltering'

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]
Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
You have no convents . . . in which such persons may be received and sheltered. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
2. To screen or cover from notice; to disguise. [1913 Webster]
In vain I strove to cheek my growing flame, Or shelter passion under friendship's name. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
3. To betake to cover, or to a safe place; -- used reflexively. [1913 Webster]
They sheltered themselves under a rock. --Abp. Abbot. [1913 Webster]