iceboat

American  

[ahys-boht] / ˈaɪsˌboʊt /

noun

1. a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T -shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.

2. a boat for breaking a navigable channel through ice; icebreaker.

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iceboat British  

/ ˈaɪsˌbəʊt /

noun

1. another name for icebreaker ice yacht

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Etymology

Origin of iceboat

First recorded in 1745–55; ice + boat

Example Sentences

Suppose Andrew takes his iceboat out one morning when a light 5-mph breeze has been blowing all morning.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

If we know how fast an iceboat is moving, we can use integration to determine how far it travels.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Havey, a Madison electrician, commissioned Frank Tetzlaff and Carl Bernard to build an iceboat that he would name after his wife.

From Washington Times • Mar. 12, 2016

Word spread of the two boats meeting, and the weekend became an iceboat summit.

From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2014

Talking with men in the Transient-House I heard of the fur trade up the river, how licensed trappers went up and downriver by sledge or iceboat through Tarrenpeth Forest almost to the Ice.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin