Shelterbelt

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A row of trees that acts as a windbreak.

    "“The shelterbelts here," explained 53-year-old Ma Shoushou, head of the Bayannur League sand-protection station, “are only part of a great network of shelterbelts planted in 320 counties and banners stretching over 11 provinces and autonomous regions in China’s north, northeast and northwest."

  2. 2
    hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion wordnet

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windbreakwindbreak

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"“The shelterbelts here," explained 53-year-old Ma Shoushou, head of the Bayannur League sand-protection station, “are only part of a great network of shelterbelts planted in 320 counties and banners stretching over 11 provinces and autonomous regions in China’s north, northeast and northwest."

Etymology

From shelter + belt.

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