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ensheltering

ensheltering is the present participle and gerund of enshelter.

Meaning of enshelter

Verb

enshelter (third-person singular simple present enshelters, present participle ensheltering, simple past and past participle ensheltered)

  1. (obsolete) To shelter.
    • If that the Turkish Fleete
      Be not enshelter'd, and embay'd, they are drown'dc. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about ensheltering

What is ensheltering the present participle and gerund of?
Ensheltering is the present participle and gerund of enshelter.

Words near ensheltering in the dictionary

  1. enshelled
  2. enshelling
  3. enshells
  4. enshelter
  5. ensheltered
  6. ensheltering
  7. enshelters
  8. Enshi
  9. enshield
  10. enshielded
  11. enshielding

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