DCHP-3

rafting ice

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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ice that has been caused to raft (def. 3).

See: rafted ice,raft ((v.))(def. 3)

Quotations

1883
When they are in danger from "rafting" ice, or fragments of floes . . . the self-sacrificing affection of the mothers leads them to brave all dangers. . . .
1966
Each year . . . seals congregate on the rafting ice pressing in around the shores of Canada's Magdalen Islands. . . .