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shelterbelt † 
n. a stand of trees or shrubs which functions as protection against wind and rain and which reduces the risk of serious soil erosion.
- 1894 . . . the failures in the shelter-belts and plantations have gradually been made good by planting with hardier sorts.
- 1964 To protect their fields, many farmers of the Quinte area started planting trees as windbreaks and shelterbelts.
- 1894 . . . the failures in the shelter-belts and plantations have gradually been made good by planting with hardier sorts.