To occupy shanties. Rare.
1840. You see, now, capting, the comfort to a man who shanties out as much as I do, of having a home all fixed and ready for you.C. F. Hoffman, Greyslaer, i. 59.
1857. They shantied on the outlet, just at the foot of the lake.S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes, p. 197.