snow blockade

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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on a road or railway, a blocking of traffic caused by a heavy snowfall.

Quotations

1869

[Headline] The Snow Blockade.

1884

Thursday's train did not get in until nine o'clock this forenoon, snow blockades being the cause, and still the "beautiful" falls.

1896

The snow blockade does not affect the Royal Cafe.

1958

[Push plows are being used. This is the second blockade of the line by snowdrift within the past two weeks.]