1) Refuge 
• (n.) A shelter. Same as Beild. • (v. t.) To shelter.
A Cumbrian dialect word for a shelter or animal den, from the Old English belde. Goose bields, found in Cumbria, are designed so geese penned in cannot escape and foxes cannot get in. These are circular shelter with high walls overhanging on the inside (to stop the geese) and outside (so as to stop the foxes). The word is also used for a general li...
Bield noun A shelter. Same as Beild . [ Scot.]Bield transitive verb To shelter. [ Scot.]
a shelter; refuge.