snow fence

noun

1. a barrier erected on the windward side of a road, house, barn, etc., serving as a protection from drifting snow.

snow fence

noun

1. a portable wire-and-paling fence erected to prevent snow from drifting across a road, drive, ski run, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of snow fence¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

I should have taken my valise and a rubber door mat from the sleeping-car, and crawled into the lee of a snow fence for the night.

From Project Gutenberg

About the only fence is the snow fence, used to prevent the snow from drifting into the cuts.

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Everything so neatly laid out in rows of slats like a snow fence.

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