1 n. an ice mass formed by pans drifting to shore and being subjected to showers of freezing spray, eventually becoming barricades between the land and the water.
See also: ballacater
2a n. an overnight camping arrangement consisting of a trench or pit dug in the snow and lined with evergreen boughs which serve, along with a fire, as protection from the cold.
2b n. See quote.
See also: barricado