slob ice

American  

noun

Chiefly Canadian.

1. sludge.

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slob ice British  

noun

1. sludgy masses of floating ice

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Etymology

Origin of slob ice

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

In the winter he had to travel by dog team over wastes of "slob" ice and huge sheets of smooth "whelping ice."

From Time Magazine Archive

As they say on the football field, he now had only three yards to gain, and by a mighty effort he drew himself past his living anchor and climbed up on the piece of slob ice.

From Project Gutenberg

It was not clear water, but the "slob ice," probably too heavy for a rowboat to pierce, which lay between the pan and the beach.

From Project Gutenberg

The long-delayed break came suddenly at last, with a blue sky and a bright, calm morning, but alas! no wind to move the packed-in slob ice.

From Project Gutenberg

On the third day by wonderful luck he gaffed an old seal in the slob ice.

From Project Gutenberg