shelter belt

A form of shelterbelt — A row of trees that acts as a windbreak.

Meanings

nounshelter belt (plural shelter belts)

plural shelter belts

  1. alternativeAlternative form of shelterbelt.

    A well designed shelter belt will reduce the mean wind speeds from ground level up to the full height of the protected object (eg: house, greenhouse, agricultural crop).

    2013, E. Bilgen, Intersol Eighty Five, page 252
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