DCHP-1 Online

icing

• 1 n. North the layer of ice that is built up when water is applied to a dog-sled runner.

  See also: ice ((v.)) (def. 2)  

  • 1942  In the warmth of the weather, the icing on the sled runners was already going bad.

• 2 n. Hockey the infraction committed when a player ices the puck, thus causing play to be stopped and the puck brought back to be faced off in the offending team's end.

  See also: ice ((v.)) (def. 1b)  

  • 1958  Icing violations do not mean too much to the sprites as yet as they don't have the strength to fire the puck all the way down. . . .
  • 1965  With that gesture, he automatically nullified the prospective "icing" call.