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[syn: windbreak, shelterbelt]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wind-break \Wind"-break`\, v. t.
To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.
[R.]
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'T would wind-break a mule to vie burdens with her.
--Ford.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wind-break \Wind"-break`\, n.
A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force
of wind. [Local, U. S.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
windbreak
n 1: hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the
wind and reduce erosion [syn: windbreak, shelterbelt]