Home › Words › S › shelterageshelterageshelterage means shelter; a place where things can be sheltered.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, shelterage ranks #27,094 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom shelter + -age.nounShelter; a place where things can be sheltered.e.g.“It is true, his household goods were now removed to more auspicious shelterage; the cherry-tree chair stood beside a chimney with a marble ledge; […]” — 1836, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 3, page 447:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).