ice anchor

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of ice anchor

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

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

From The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp Glorious Days on Skates and Ice Boats by Hope, Laura Lee

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

From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron

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

From Panther Eye by Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson)

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.

From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron