snowshed

American  

[snoh-shed] / ˈsnoʊˌʃɛd /

noun

1. a structure, as over an extent of railroad track on a mountainside, for protection against snow.

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snowshed British  

/ ˈsnəʊˌʃɛd /

noun

1. a shelter built over an exposed section of railway track to prevent its blockage by snow

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Etymology

Origin of snowshed

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; snow + shed ¹

Example Sentences

By to-morrow morning, ever' snowshed, he will be bank-full of snow.

From The White Desert by Fischer, Anton Otto

The second plow's up there in the snowshed with the crew.

From The White Desert by Fischer, Anton Otto

Only one snowshed remained, with but a feeble bulwark of drifts before it.

From The White Desert by Fischer, Anton Otto

Festing sent half the men to cut this portion away, and the others up the hill to haul posts for the snowshed to the top of the slides.

From The Girl from Keller's by Bindloss, Harold

Both the firemen on Number Six have went out from gas—in the snowshed.

From The White Desert by Fischer, Anton Otto