shelterbelt †

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a stand of trees or shrubs which functions as protection against wind and rain and which reduces the risk of serious soil erosion.

Quotations

1894

. . . the failures in the shelter-belts and plantations have gradually been made good by planting with hardier sorts.

1964

To protect their fields, many farmers of the Quinte area started planting trees as windbreaks and shelterbelts.