snow crust

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of snow crust¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

Joe came down with great force, his feet foremost, and running through the snow-crust to a great depth.

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It went on, with varying success, till 'the moon of the snow crust,' as the Ojibbeways poetically style March.

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It was evil going, and as he broke through the snow-crust mile after wearing mile, he felt himself grow weaker and weaker.

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The sound had come from close by on our left, but now we heard only a faint and receding patter on the snow crust.

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He lay quite still after a brief struggle that churned the snow crust to powder.

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