wind-break Meaning, Definition & Usage

Wind"-break` transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust. R.
    'T would wind-break a mule to vie burdens with her. Ford.
Wind"-break` noun
Definitions
  1. A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind. Local, U. S.

Webster 1913