ice foot
(in polar regions) a belt of ice frozen to the shore, formed chiefly as a result of the rise and fall of the tides.
Origin of ice foot
1- Compare fast ice.
Words Nearby ice foot
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How to use ice foot in a sentence
Here, on the other hand, there was open water, too shallow for the 'Aurora' to be moored alongside the ice-foot.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonMadigan, who was in charge of the whale-boat, kept it moored in the boat-harbour under shelter of the ice-foot.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonOn the northern faces of the ridges, fronting the ice-foot, large, yellowish patches mark the sites of penguin rookeries.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonThe first penguin came waddling up the ice-foot against a seventy-mile wind late on the afternoon of October 12.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonA heaving swell came in from the north, and many seals landed within the boat harbour, where a high tide lapped over the ice-foot.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for ice foot
a narrow belt of ice permanently attached to the coast in polar regions
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