ice foot
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ice foot
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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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
The ice anchors were tripped and we steamed slowly in, making fast to the floe within 200 yards of the ice foot and 400 yards of the hut.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
After depositing this extra load we proceeded up the Ferrar Glacier; curious low ice foot on left, no tide crack, sea ice very thinly covered with snow.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
We climbed round the ice foot after descending the hill and found it much broken up on the south side; the sea spray had washed far up on it.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
The ice foot at the S.W. corner of the bay is broken down, bare rock appearing for the first time.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
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