snowshed

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A form of snow shed — 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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nounsnowshed (plural snowsheds)

plural snowsheds

  1. alternativeAlternative form of snow shed.

    Snowsheds and snow fences protect the line on either side of Semskfjell, but the country soon begins to lose some of its bleakness, and the tree line is regained at Lønsdal (1,680 ft. above sea-level), where the line is high on a hillside, commanding widespread views of the mountains.

    1957 August 28, H. A. Vallance, “By Rail to the Norwegian Arctic”, in Railway Magazine, page 575
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snowshed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowshed

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“snowshed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snowshed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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