DCHP-3

snow fence

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a fence erected on the windward side of a road or railway to prevent obstruction through drifting.

Quotations

1872
The high mountains not only protect the valleys from much of the cold, but . . . also act as natural snow fences.
1876
Should the adjoining lands be cleared of their timber, a snow fence becomes a necessity, and a thick belt of brush would prove extremely well for that purpose.
1963
But I saw farmers . . . mending snow fences. . . .