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
We were glad that it had stopped snowing and, although the light was bad enough, we could just make out the ice foot showing up bold and white on the south side of the Cape.
From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron
This must be typical of the ice foot all along the coast, and the wasting of caves at sea level alone gives the idea of an overhanging mass.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon
The ice anchors were tripped and we steamed slowly in, making fast to the floe within 200 yards of the ice foot and 400 yards of the hut.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon
The sea was breaking constantly and heavily on the ice foot.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon
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