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shore-ice 
1 n. Esp. North sea ice that is anchored to the shore and extends seaward in a great shelf.
See also: board-ice ice-belt ice-foot (def. 1) ice-ledge ice-lip ice-shelf (def. 1) inshore ice land-floe land-ice land pack
- 1752 At York-fort and Churchill-river I have observed that the ice did not break off close at the shore, but gradually; the first field leaving the shore-ice two or three miles broad, the second less, and so on till it was cleared away.
- 1864 From the breaking up and consequent absence of the sea ice, which had occurred two days before my arrival, we were obliged to follow the shore-ice, walking on what Dr. Kane called the "ice-foot."
- 1936 (1955) But a lead, widening in the shore-ice, still cut the two fur-clad figures off from the mainland.
- 1953 They walked across the shore ice, perhaps as far as two miles, and when they came to open water, made their camp there on the ice.
2 n. a shelf of ice anchored to the bank of a river otherwise open.
See also: ice-shelf (def. 2)
- 1811 (1950) Glush of Ice &c driving--Shore Ice where no Current, but weak. . . .
- 1922 It hollowed the shore-ice into great milky bubbles. . . .
3 n. North 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
- 1958 Shore Ice--Sea ice that has been beached and pushed ashore by wind and waves.
- 1752 At York-fort and Churchill-river I have observed that the ice did not break off close at the shore, but gradually; the first field leaving the shore-ice two or three miles broad, the second less, and so on till it was cleared away.