Bible Dictionaries
Winterkill

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To kill by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter; as, the wheat was winterkilled.

(2):

(v. i.) To die as the result of exposure to the cold of winter; as, the tree winterkills easily.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Winterkill'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/winterkill.html. 1828.