DCHP-2
key-block Arctic DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a polygonal block of snow dropped into place in the centre of an igloo dome and serving to lock the structure firmly together. See picture at igloo.
See also: igloo keystone (block)
- 1823 The huts themselves, are entirely made of square blocks of solid snow, with a larger key-block at the top of the rotunda.
- 1957 The walls usually fell in just as I was about to fit the key-block in the top.
- 1823 The huts themselves, are entirely made of square blocks of solid snow, with a larger key-block at the top of the rotunda.