windbreak
- n hedge or fence of trees designed to lessen the force of the wind and reduce erosion
- Past the village was a well-irrigated enclosure sheltered by a windbreak of date palms.
- Since the pilot is still behind a streamlined windbreak, he does not get the full impact of deceleration.
- Dunes work as a windbreak that helps stop the wind from blowing beach sand away and the ocean water from spilling past the beach.