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ice foot

–noun
(in polar regions) a belt of ice frozen to the shore, formed chiefly as a result of the rise and fall of the tides.
Compare fast ice.


Origin:
1850–55
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ice foot  
n.  A belt or ledge of ice that forms along the shoreline in Arctic regions.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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