DCHP-3

pancake ice†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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See 1958 quote.

See: pancake(def. 1),bay ice

Quotations

1850
It was very cold, and the snow scarcely melting when it fell in the water; "pancake ice" began to form, and it looked very like as if we were going to be frozen up.
1958
Pancake Ice: Pieces of newly formed ice usually between one and six feet in diameter. The raised rims and the circular appearance are a result of the almost constant rotation and collision of the cakes against one another, as the result of wind and swell.