DCHP-1 Online
winterkill ((v.)) † 
v. die or cause to die through exposure to extreme winter conditions.
- 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. . . .
- 1863 St. John Morning Telegraph--The hay crop this year will be much below the average owing to excessive "winter killing."