snow guard

noun

1. any device for preventing snow from sliding off a sloping roof.

Word History and Origins

Origin of snow guard¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Eric Snow, guard: “Shawn was funny. He used to name his moves, which was hilarious. One of them was Emmitt Smith. I don’t know why he named it that, but he was juking or something. And this was during games. We blew a lot of teams out that year, and he’d come over and starting telling me the names of his moves.”

From Seattle Times

Eric Snow, guard: “Even now, I hear stories about guys who would look at the schedule and they’d count a game at KeyArena as a loss.”

From Seattle Times

Eric Snow, guard: “I couldn’t believe, not necessarily that they fought, but I couldn’t believe the response after it. It wasn’t just pushing. It was a real fight. But when it ended, they broke it up, and they just kept practicing. I couldn’t believe it was just over. That set up everything for how we were going to be that season.”

From Seattle Times

Eric Snow, guard: “That was my job: to get him to practice. If he told Coach he didn’t want to practice, I’d challenge him and talk trash to him to get him going. He loved to talk, so it always got to the point that he wouldn’t let you out-talk him.”

From Seattle Times

Many a new building that is approaching is first winter will be found lacking if its architect forgot the specification of the Folsom Snow Guard.

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