snow crust

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

QUIZZES

Let the aeolian gusts transport you back to these popular Words of the Day from the month of May. How many do you remember?

Question 1 of 10

Which of the following words means “to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot”?

First recorded in 1815–25

Often the snow-crust gave way under me, and then the stiff heather reached right up to my chest.
The Forest Farm|Peter Rosegger
With wide-sprawled wings she thudded down upon the snow-crust, almost under the fox's complacent jaws.
The Secret Trails|Charles G. D. Roberts
When he did come up, we knew it by a little puff he gave, which threw some spray up through the little orifice in the snow-crust.
Cast Away in the Cold|Isaac I. Hayes
He heard quick, light footsteps in the snow-crust ahead of him.
Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police|James Oliver Curwood

Joe came down with great force, his feet foremost, and running through the snow-crust to a great depth.
Wild Western Scenes|John Beauchamp Jones