snow shed

UK/ˈsnəʊʃɛd/US/ˈsnoʊˌʃɛd/

noun

A tunnel-like structure that provides roads and railroad tracks with protection from avalanches and heavy snowfalls that cannot be easily removed.

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avalanche gallerysnow bridge
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Meanings

nounsnow shed (plural snow sheds)

plural snow sheds · alternative snowshed · alternative snow-shed

  1. rail transportA tunnel-like structure that provides roads and railroad tracks with protection from avalanches and heavy snowfalls that cannot be easily removed.

    The only snow shed in Great Britain is on the West Highland Railway, about 2 miles north of Rannoch Station. It is some 200 yd. long, and is situated in the deepest part of Cruach cutting, which is subject to heavy drifting during winter snowstorms.

    1950 October, “The Why and the Wherefore: Snow Shed, West Highland Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 719

    Synonyms: avalanche gallery, snow bridge

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA tunnel-like structure that provides roads and railroad tracks with protection from avalanches and heavy snowfalls that cannot be easily removed.

Similar
avalanche gallerysnow bridge

Origin

From snow + shed.

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Translations

Catalan galeria
  • galeriatunnel-like structure protecting roads and railroad tracks from snow
French galerie pare-neige
  • galerie pare-neigetunnel-like structure protecting roads and railroad tracks from snow
German Lawinengalerie
  • Lawinengalerietunnel-like structure protecting roads and railroad tracks from snow
Italian galleria paravalanghe
  • galleria paravalanghetunnel-like structure protecting roads and railroad tracks from snow
Japanese 覆道
  • 覆道 (fukudō)tunnel-like structure protecting roads and railroad tracks from snow
Norwegian Bokmål snøoverbygg
  • snøoverbyggtunnel-like structure protecting roads and railroad tracks from snow
Russian лавинозащитная галерея
  • лавинозащитная галерея (lavinozaščitnaja galereja)tunnel-like structure protecting roads and railroad tracks from snow
Swedish snögalleri
  • snögalleritunnel-like structure protecting roads and railroad tracks from snow
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Chicago

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