ice-scoured

[ ahys-skouuhrd, -skou-erd ]

adjective

, Physical Geography.

1. noting an area having surface features resulting from scouring by an advancing ice sheet during glaciation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice-scoured¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

In its bed, among muddy pools of water and ice-scoured rocks, he wandered, picking up fat nugget-gold.

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