ice foot
Americannoun
noun
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
The wind went to the south and increased in force last night, and this morning there was quite a heavy sea breaking over the ice foot.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
To the right, however, was the old moraine, just mentioned, consisting of a desolate jumble of rock and gravel and silt overlaying the ice foot.
From The Iron Trail by Rex Ellingwood Beach
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
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
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