ice yacht

British

noun

Also called: iceboat. a sailing craft having a cross-shaped frame with a cockpit and runners for travelling over ice

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There is nothing on earth to compare with that, unless—and that I can't judge—it is an ice yacht travelling on perfect ice.

From An Englishman Looks at the World by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

These last words just barely reached the ears of the two who lay flattened out on the delicate flooring of the ice yacht.

From Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown by Webster, Frank V.

In less than an hour Andy's skate had turned to an ice yacht.

From The Gentle Grafter by Greening, H. C.

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