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sheltersome en · ADJ

Etymology

From shelter + -some.

Meanings

1. Characterised or marked by sheltering; affording shelter or protection
   • And the chapped sun-baked tire / swung on the aged and frail rope attached to the most outright branch / of the sheltersome oak tree by the carved up picnic bench. 2014, Tyler Brooks, Tire Swing:
   • “The white hen is a cock” And true it was. The motherly chicken, growing older and larger, and more sheltersome of wing, had now developed a comb and wattle and a tail altogether inconsistent with henhood or motherliness of any sort. 1899, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume 17:
   • When native, trees can be bought so cheaply, are so easy to grow, and such delight to the eye, so sheltersome and diverse in the colouring, it beats cockfighting that they are not utilised more in gardens and as shelter belts. 1936, Wyn Revel, Topics for Women: Trees in a Garden:
   • "Come aboord bo, ye' re 'eartily welcome. It's nobbut a scant place, but's sheltersome, and a snaw storm es a snaw storm;" and a pleasant-looking mouth and chin made its appearance to second the invite. 1880, Francis Francis, Hot Pot:

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protective