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ice foot

American  

noun

  1. (in polar regions) a belt of ice frozen to the shore, formed chiefly as a result of the rise and fall of the tides.


ice foot British  

noun

  1. a narrow belt of ice permanently attached to the coast in polar regions

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ice foot

First recorded in 1850–55

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Also, Markieff Morris needed his customary postgame ice foot bath but also dealt with the sting of taking an inadvertent knee from Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas to his face in the first quarter.

From Washington Post Nov. 19, 2017

At the ice foot, alas, one of the rear axle cases fractured badly and the car was out of action 30 yards from the garage.

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

Early in the winter they were hoisted out to give more room for the awning, and were placed in a line about one hundred yards from the ice foot on the sea ice.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

It is a ticklish business to get the sledge along the ice foot, which is now all blue ice ending in a drop to the sea.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

This must be typical of the ice foot all along the coast, and the wasting of caves at sea level alone gives the idea of an overhanging mass.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

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