sheltering

noun

1. A shelter; a structure beneath which one shelters.

   “The result was most satisfactory, as I succeeded, with Mr. Morgan's kind assistance, in securing a considerable number of larvae living beneath shelterings formed of coccid remains, which I felt sure must be the early stage of a Thalpochares.”

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of shelter