blowdown

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The Word of the Day for April 30 is:

blowdown   \BLOH-down\   noun
     : an instance of trees being blown down by the wind; also : 
a tree blown down

Example sentence:
     For Arbor Day, the students helped clear out the blowdown 
from the severe winter storm, then they planted saplings to 
replace the trees that had been lost.

Did you know?
     "Blowdown" is an apt term to refer to what happens when 
fierce winds meet mighty trees -- and the trees lose the battle. 
The word originated with outdoorsmen about 100 years ago, and 
since then it has been used to describe the act of blowing down 
the trees, or the wind that does the blowing, or the trees that 
get knocked over from the force of the wind. It is also 
occasionally used for the process of blowing off gas or steam, 
or for the apparatus used for such a process. The toppling of a 
tree by the wind, as well as the tree that has fallen from the 
force, can also be called a "windfall."