ice-scoured

American  

[ahys-skou^uhrd, -skou-erd] / ˈaɪsˌskaʊərd, -ˌskaʊ ərd /

adjective

Physical Geography.

1. noting an area having surface features resulting from scouring by an advancing ice sheet during glaciation.

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Etymology

Origin of ice-scoured

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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ice-scoured

Over the ice-scoured rocks, and above the timber-line, the trail ran around Crater Lake and gained the rocky defile that led toward Happy Camp and the first scrub pines.

From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack

Over the ice-scoured rocks and above the timber-line, the trail ran around Crater Lake and gained the rocky defile that led toward Happy Camp and the first scrub-pines.

From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack

In its bed, among muddy pools of water and ice-scoured rocks, he wandered, picking up fat nugget-gold.

From Smoke Bellew by London, Jack