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break-up period

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the period of time taken for the ice in rivers and lakes to soften, crack up, and disappear.

See: break-up(meaning 2),ice-out season,melt season,open water(def. 2)

Quotations

1956

It was at Stanley, during a break-up period when we encountered a particularly vicious bush-fire.

1958

The small payload capacity, frequent weather delays and the stagnation of all float or ski-equipped planes during the break-up and freeze-up periods in the north contributed to the high cost and relative inefficiency of bush plane transport.