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Snowshed

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Snowshed
    A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) snowshed
    On a railroad, a construction covering the track to prevent accumulations of snow on the line, or to carry snow-slides or avalanches over the track in mountainous regions.
Usage in the news

Originally, WSDOT was going to accomplish this objective by replacing the existing snowshed with a new, larger snowshed WSDOT is now considering replacing the existing snowshed with two avalanche bridges instead. mi-reporter.com

The state Department of Transportation is considering putting the brakes on plans for replacement of a snowshed on its Interstate 90 Snoqualmie Pass East Project. union-bulletin.com

Usage in literature

Miles of snowsheds necessitated keeping the artificial light burning even at midday. "The Rules of the Game" by Stewart Edward White

It's even drifting in the snowsheds. "The White Desert" by Courtney Ryley Cooper

Glover rebuilt the whole system of snowsheds on the West End, practically everything from the Peace to the Sierras. "The Daughter of a Magnate" by Frank H. Spearman

The snowsheds are a permanent institution on the Intercolonial Railway. "Faces and Places" by Henry William Lucy

There are thirty immense snowsheds on this section of the railroad. "The Columbia River" by William Denison Lyman