ice anchor

American

noun

a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along.

Etymology

Origin of ice anchor

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

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T-shirt showed new arrivals how to secure a tent on snow, drill an ice anchor, prime a camp stove and recognize hypothermia.

From New York Times

An ice anchor it was that cut ’alf a ear off’n the little one.

From Project Gutenberg

Allen had lowered the sail of the Spider and had tossed out a sharp-pronged ice anchor.

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An ice anchor was laid out and then Scott, Wilson, and I landed on the sea ice and walked a mile or so over it to the little cape in question.

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You will know best how to make a good permanent ice anchor.

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