shelterage

English

Etymology

shelter +‎ -age

Noun

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; […]