The Collaborative International Dictionary
Winter-ground
Winter-ground \Win"ter-ground`\, v. t. 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.
--Shak.