land-ice

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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sea ice that is anchored to the shore and extends seaward in a great shelf.

See: shore-ice(def. 1)

Quotations

1850

After "flensing" the whale, we proceeded in to the land ice, and there made fast.

1954

LAND ICE (shore floe or ice foot) is field or floe ice attached to the coast.