windbreak

In the Midwest, trees serve as windbreaks for crops and line creeks to minimize fertilizer runoff.

The snow would surely come from that direction, and having a windbreak might mean considerable.

So Yan collected firewood, made a bed of Fir boughs and a windbreak of bushes and bark.

But as she approached the poplar windbreak which stood to the north of the house, the little shack waned like a shadow before her.

Hawaiians planted it as a windbreak around their homes and broke off sections to chew when they traveled.

It could, however, be recommended as an integral part of a windbreak, or woodlot where the land owner has an apiary.