To hasten for safety or protection (to, †on).

reflexive. To take shelter. Obsolete.

To place in the shade; reflexive. To take shelter from light or heat. Obsolete.

reflexive. Also figurative. Obsolete.

transitive (reflexive). To seek or take refuge; = sense 1c. Now rare.

reflexive. To take shelter; to take refuge from pursuit or attack.

reflexive. To establish (oneself) in, as in a garrison or fortification; to entrench (oneself).