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
At the ice foot, alas, one of the rear axle cases fractured badly and the car was out of action 30 yards from the garage.
From South with Scott by Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans
It is a ticklish business to get the sledge along the ice foot, which is now all blue ice ending in a drop to the sea.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
Our voyage was then continued, often in yet shallower water than before, until the vessel, at 8 o'clock in the morning, struck on a ground ice foot.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
We climbed round the ice foot after descending the hill and found it much broken up on the south side; the sea spray had washed far up on it.
From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Robert Falcon Scott
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