Under the lee of some shelving bank or other wind break

T. Roosevelt, Hunting Trips, p. 176. wind-break IMG:content-2413.png:[blocks in formation] Urquhart , tr. of Rabelais, ii. 30. For an old man to pretend to talk wisely is like a musician's endeavouring to fumble out a fine sonata upon a wind -broach. Tom Brown , Works, II. 234. ( Davies .) wind-broken (wind'brō"kn), p . a. Diseased in the respiratory piratory organs; having the power of breathing impaired by chest-disease: as, a wind-broken horse. Also broken - winded . wind-changing (wind'chan"jing), a. Changeful as the wind; fickle. [Rare.]