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ice-master
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
an experienced seaman who cons a ship through sea ice.
See: ice-pilot
Quotations
1853
. . . the ice-masters carefully looked out for a lane, and we succeeded, about a mile and a half to the eastward, in getting into a fine opening, which gave every prospect of leading us into open water.
1921
Captain Bishop was . . . a skilled ice-master, and a navigator of rare good judgment.