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
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 Scott, Robert Falcon
Very curious and interesting erosion of surface of the ice foot by waves during recent gale.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon
The rippled snow surface of the ice foot is furrowed in all directions and covered with briny deposit—a condition we have never seen before.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon
On January 19 a snow road was made over to the ice foot on the south side of Cape Evans in order to save the ponies' legs and hoofs.
From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron
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