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icing ((1))
DCHP-2 (Nov 2016)
1n. — Northern Canada, Transportation
a layer of ice applied to dogsled runners.
Type: 3. Semantic Change — In northern Canada, the term icing refers to the layer of ice applied to sled runners so that they will glide easily over snow.
See: ice ((v.))(def. 2)
Quotations
1878-1881
Due to the higher temperatures the snow was becoming softer and softer around noon, making travel difficult; the icing on the sledge runners was no longer holding properly and hence we would leave our campsite very early in order to be able to camp before the onset of the 'noon heat,' as we referred to midday temperatures of 2-3°C.
1942
In the warmth of the weather, the icing on the sled runners was already going bad.