snowproof

English edit

Etymology edit

snow +‎ -proof

Adjective edit

snowproof (comparative more snowproof, superlative most snowproof)

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 edit

resistant to snow

Dutch: sneeuwbestendig (nl)
Finnish: lumenkestävä

Verb edit

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

(transitive) To make resistant to snow.