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
Our voyage was then continued, often in yet shallower water than before, until the vessel, at 8 o'clock in the morning, struck on a ground ice foot.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882
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 Scott, Robert Falcon
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
Such were mine as the mooring lines went out onto the ice foot at Cape Sheridan.
From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
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