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whelping ice

American  

noun

Newfoundland.
  1. the ice on which a seal lies while giving birth in the spring.


Etymology

Origin of whelping ice

First recorded in 1915–20

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

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