ice island

noun

First recorded in 1770–80

We thus had the ice-island between us and the possibly hostile ship.

We will permit the ice island to tow us along, as long as she goes toward the south or west.

None slept, and the night wore slowly away as our ice-island floated we knew not whither.

As we groped about we struck an old floating ice-island, about twelve feet square.

"Possibly they may bear up through the channel to the west of the ice-island," said Raed.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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