snowshed

[ snoh-shed ]

noun

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

snowshed

/ ˈsnəʊˌʃɛd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of snowshed¹

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

Example Sentences

The grip of at least one snowshed was broken; but there remained twenty more—and the Death Trail—beyond!

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

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

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Houston followed the figure toward the snowshed on the hill.

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