The dog had no shelter and was walking alone in the darkness.
The town of Snug in Tasmania derives its name from its location in a sheltered and secluded ("snug") inlet. Thus says its Tourist Board.
A sheltered port is a harbor.
Yes the word cove is a noun, a word for a small sheltered inlet or bay; a word for a thing.
cove
Glacial inlet is called a fiord.
cove
The lee side
A bay is a part of an ocean or lake that is partially enclosed by land. This might also refer to an inlet or a sheltered lagoon.
That is know as the lee side
A "bay" is a wide inlet of a sea or lake.
There is a inlet located in St. Lucie called the St. Lucie Inlet