pan-ice

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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ice that has broken away in pans (def. 1) or floes from a large ice field.

See: pan ((n.))(def. 1)

Quotations

1916

When he was within two fathoms of the pan-ice a foot broke through and tripped him flat on his face.

1964

[Caption] Pan ice shrouds the rocks near Hacketts Cove on Nova Scotia's Atlantic coast.