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winter-killed

a. (context US English) Of crops, having been killed by winter weather.

Usage examples of "winter-killed".

The split bones of a winter-killed buffalo littered the ice, mixing with the scattered feathers of a hapless crow.

She slipped out of bed, hastily snatching up the cloak she had made from the skin of a winter-killed bear.

They had found a winter-killed buck on a stream bank and were eating it.

A single horse stood in the icy cold, head down searching the tops of the winter-killed grass.

A large meadow with winter-killed weeds waist high, weighted down with snow.