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iceboat

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ice⋅boat

[ahys-boht]
–noun
1. a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T-shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
2. a boat for breaking a navigable channel through ice; icebreaker.

Origin:
1745–55; ice + boat
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ice·boat   (īs'bōt')   
n.  
  1. A boatlike vehicle set on sharp runners, used for sailing on ice.

  2. See icebreaker.

ice'boat'er n., ice'boat'ing n.
ice·break·er   (īs'brā'kər)   
n.  
  1. Nautical A sturdy ship built for breaking a passage through icebound waters. Also called iceboat.

  2. A protective pier or dock apron used as a buffer against floating ice.

    1. Something done or said to relax an unduly formal atmosphere or situation.

    2. A beginning; a start.

ice'break'ing n.
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