Winter-ground
Win´ter-ground`
v. t. | 1. | To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant. The ruddock would . . . bring thee all this, Yea, and furred moss besides, when flowers are none To winter-ground thy corse. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.