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Cadfael was still in a daze when he heard them come, and stirred himself to go out and witness the torchlit bustle in the court, the glimmer on the coats of the horses, the jingle of harness, bit and spur, the cheerful and purposeful hum of entwining voices, the hissing and crooning of the grooms, the trampling of hooves and the very faint mist of warm breath in the chilling but frostless air.

A Caregiver's Homage To The Very Old 2010

Annual precipitation is ca. 150 millimeters (mm); frostless period lasts 260 days.

Caspian lowland desert 2008

A long frostless period (271 days) encourages cultivation of crops such as olive, fig, pomegranate, and date palm.

Caspian lowland desert 2008

In Queensland, the culture of bananas is confined to the frostless belts of the eastern seaboard, as it is a plant that is extremely susceptible to cold, and is injured by the lightest frosts.

Fruits of Queensland Albert H. Benson

Like the banana, the pineapple is a tropical fruit, and is very sensitive to cold, hence its culture is confined to frostless districts.

Fruits of Queensland Albert H. Benson

In frostless sections, and even where protected by buildings, fences, etc., in moderate climates, the plants will continue to thrive for years.

Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses M. G. Kains

Vehicular traffic had ceased, and the only sound breaking the stillness of the great frostless, silver-spangled darkness was the panting of the steam-engines and the murmur of the river where half a mile down it took a slight fall over boulders.

Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916

In the laying of cement it is important that the walk be well drained by a layer of a foot or two of broken stone or brickbats, unless the walk is on loose and leachy land or in a frostless country.

Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

The frostless belts are found along the east slopes of the mountains, and seem caused by the settling of the cold air at night into the valleys, pushing up the warm air, and they show a luxuriant green in the autumn long after frost has browned everything in the valley below.

North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896

In certain mountain localities occur the remarkable thermal or frostless belts, regions where the season is known to be a month earlier in spring and later in autumn than in the valley below them, and where, above and below, frost works its blighting effect, leaving in vivid contrast horizontal belts of untouched foilage and blooming flowers.

North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896