wind-break—a clump of trees, fence, etc. which gives protection against the wind:
- The pine trees acted as a wind-break for the solitary house set a hundred yards lower down.
Note: The expression does not correlate in meaning with the compound wind-broken—(also: broken-winded) used of a horse that has impaired breathing:
- The road was climbing fairly steadily now, and Paddy had fallen behind, staggering and wheezing like a wind-broken horse.
wind-breaker—
1. (U.S.) a light waterproof jacket:
- You might need a wind breaker for the rain; although, most times we were encouraged to be inside during the rains.
2. = windbreak:
- The advantage of a dome over the roll-off roof observatory is that the dome acts as a wind breaker for the telescope.