ice foot

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 narrow belt of ice permanently attached to the coast in polar regions

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