snow crust

American  

noun

1. a relatively hard, upper layer or film of ice or compacted snow on a snow surface.

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Etymology

Origin of snow crust

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

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snow crust

At the same instant she heard the snow crust break, as if an animal were approaching through the thicket of young firs.

From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

Climbing a ridge on a snow crust is no child's play, as Walter soon found out.

From The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)

With fatalistic indifference, he pushed himself off, and, after a breathless second, struck the hard snow crust, and went through it with a crash, snowshoes and all, sinking to his ankles.

From The Wilderness Trail by Williams, Frank

In a few days the snow crust would be firm enough to trust, and hand in hand they would go down toward Bradleyburg.

From The Snowshoe Trail by Marshall, Edison

Stooping to right the slip-strings, he sees that the dog's feet have been cut by the snow crust and are bleeding.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.