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snowshed
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snowshed [′snō‚shed]
(civil engineering)
A structure to protect an exposed area as a road or rail line from snow.
(hydrology)
A drainage basin primarily supplied by snowmelt.


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Steve Patterson, a former train engineer who lectures on American Orient Express trains, pointed to the mountain summit and hollered excitedly over the noise of the engine: ``See those snow sheds and tunnels up there?
 
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