An expedient to secure protection or defence.
A state of safety, protection or shelter.
A refuge island.
A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
To return to a place of shelter.
Action done by the person with the ball to protect the ball from the defender; the person concerned keeps his body between the ball and the defender.
The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring nuclei