rock-shelter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rock-shelter
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Then he hunts himself out a hollow tree or rock-shelter, curls himself up quietly to sleep, and snores away the whole livelong winter.
From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant
The rock-shelter and the cave are the homes which men seek from the advancing cold.
From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph
Isak had a hard time, with cold at nights, for a while; he tried burying himself in the hay under the rock-shelter, tried to bed down for himself with the cows.
From Growth of the Soil by Hamsun, Knut
The upper rock-shelter has been dug out or enlarged with a pick.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
I also passed a rock-shelter, which served as a permanent home.
From Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan by Lumholtz, Carl
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