Noun
A place where a wild animal goes to live or hibernate in the winter; hibernacle.
A place where a farmer, beekeeper, nurseryman, etc. moves their charges in the winter.
A more permanent location where a group that normally moves around, such as an army, circus, group of explorers, etc., takes time off to shelter for the winter.
to go into winter quarters
A place where someone spends one or more winters.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgThey urged me to take up winter quarters at the forks of the Platt, stating that if I attempted to advance further until spring, I would endanger the lives of my whole party. William Henry Ashley
Bishop Asser claimed that the 'pagans' agreed to vacate the realm and made good their promise.sfn Indeed, the Viking army did withdraw from Reading in the autumn of 871 to take up winter quarters in Mercian London. Source: Internet
In 1812, Wellesley finally captured Ciudad Rodrigo by a rapid movement as the French went into winter quarters, storming it before they could react. Source: Internet
Hooker's plan for the Chancellorsville Campaign Confederate Union Hooker's army faced Lee across the Rappahannock from its winter quarters in Falmouth and around Fredericksburg. Source: Internet
Conti did not, however, succeed in taking the huge fortress at Coni and had to retire into Dauphiné for his winter quarters. Source: Internet
Both armies then turned to winter quarters to recruit and train for the coming spring. Source: Internet