shelterbelt

noun

shel·​ter·​belt ˈshel-tər-ˌbelt 

: a barrier of trees and shrubs that provides protection (as for crops) from wind and storm and lessens erosion

Examples of shelterbelt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The fence line ran north for a half-mile and abutted another back road, with a shelterbelt on the other side. — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Mar. 2021

After a few days of easy hunting, word spread through the shelterbelt and the squirrels were tougher to find. — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Nov. 2020

The shelterbelt was a half-mile long and 50 yards wide, and there were cottonwoods, pine trees, elm and chokecherry bushes. — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Nov. 2020

My brother, friends, and cousins built those forts in the woods near a park and in the shelterbelts overlooking the creek behind my grandmother’s place. — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 17 Mar. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shelterbelt

• belt
• celt
• dealt
• dwelt
• felt
• knelt
• melt
• pelt
• smelt
• spelt
• veldt
• welt