brash ice


noun
  1. small, floating fragments of sea ice or river ice.

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How to use brash ice in a sentence

  • Reefs buried in frothing surge showed their glistening mantles, and the boat swerved to avoid floating streamers of brash-ice.

    The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
  • Wilson had dug an ice-grave near the hummock, leaving at its edge a heap of brash-ice and snow to fill it.

    The Purple Cloud | M.P. Shiel
  • From the beginning of spring to the latter end of summer, masses of brash ice are occasionally encountered in these latitudes.

  • The term is also used (but not commonly) for brash-ice still further broken down.

    South! | Sir Ernest Shackleton