snowproof

snowproof

English

Etymology

    From snow + -proof.

    Adjective

    snowproof (comparative more snowproof, superlative most snowproof)

    1. Resistant to snow.
      • 1847, James Hogg, Titan:
        ...that he looked quite like a gentleman bound on a shooting expedition, and that his friends had every reason to think he would now be snowproof.
      • 1915, Archer Eben Knowlton, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers:
        Care should be taken to make windows rain- and snowproof, and to allow opening for ventilation without letting in rain during ordinary storms.
      • 2007, Lynn Brunelle, Mama's Little Book of Tricks:
        Make a Snow Angel. What You Need: Snow (deep enough to flop into), your body (preferably covered in snowproof clothes).

    Translations

    Verb

    snowproof (third-person singular simple present snowproofs, present participle snowproofing, simple past and past participle snowproofed)

    1. (transitive) To make resistant to snow.