abri

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A shelter, a refuge.

- A hollow beneath overhanging rock; a rock shelter.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century. From French abri shelter, refuge (12th century in Old French; 1866 or earlier in specific archaeological use with reference to rock shelters, more fully abri sous roche, literally ‘shelter beneath a rock’, also abri sous roches) from abrier to shelter, to protect from post-classical Latin apricare to warm, protect from cold, variant (with change of conjugation) of classical Latin aprīcārī




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