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winterkill ((v.))†
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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v.
die or cause to die through exposure to extreme winter conditions.
Quotations
1863
St. John Morning Telegraph--The hay crop this year will be much below the average owing to excessive "winter killing."
1957
Such shrubs as the tender roses . . . require protection as those portions above the snow line winter kill rather severely.
1964
A farmer near Adolphustown reported 90 per cent of his Hudson winter wheat winter-killed on an open field. . . .