rock-shelter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rock-shelter
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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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)
Grief and the Goat Man peered straight down from a safe rock-shelter, three hundred feet above.
From A Son Of The Sun by London, Jack
But the original paleolithic man did not get beyond the cavern or the rock-shelter.
From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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
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