rock-shelter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rock-shelter
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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That the upper story took its name from the rock-shelter may be further illustrated.
From A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth. Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 467-522 by Frank Hamilton Cushing
The upper rock-shelter has been dug out or enlarged with a pick.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
Grief and the Goat Man peered straight down from a safe rock-shelter, three hundred feet above.
From A Son Of The Sun by Jack London
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 Knut Hamsun
A human parietal with a piece missing that had evidently been taken out, was found beneath the rock-shelter of Entre-Roches near Angouleme.
From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by N. D'Anvers
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