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ice-ledge
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
sea ice that is anchored to the shore and extends seaward in a great shelf.
See: shore-ice(def. 1)
Quotations
1908
In the morning we passed several ice-ledges along shore, the survivals of the severe winter. . . .
1936
And, once free, he went lurching out across the ice-ledge. He reminded Stendal of a wounded seal as he slipped and fell, tumbling headlong across the first small pressure-ridge.