shelter belt
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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When Bare arrived at the location, he saw all the same features that had popped up on Lewis’s computer screen – the quiet country road, the shelter belt of trees and the farmhouse, which in real life was dilapidated and long ago abandoned.
From The Guardian
"The only reason we can see anything here is due to the shelter belt along the highway."
From Fox News
Cornell also sold them black currents from her farm’s shelter belt for a specialty vodka they made for Big Sky Pride.
From Washington Times
The first signs of this happening out in a field may be stunted or dying trees in a nearby shelter belt, or wet spots that persist two or three days longer in the field.
From Washington Times
Part of the problem is that people see what’s on land now as the way things ought to be, she said, “People grew up thinking it’s supposed to be a shelter belt,” she said.
From Washington Times
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