ice anchor

noun

1. a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice anchor¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

T-shirt showed new arrivals how to secure a tent on snow, drill an ice anchor, prime a camp stove and recognize hypothermia.

From New York Times

There were, besides the oars and sails, two barrels of bread, a barrel of pork, and one of beef; thirty pounds of rice, thirty pounds of sugar, a saucepan, an empty keg, a gallon can of alcohol, a bale of blankets, an ice anchor, an ice chisel, a gun, a hatchet, a few small poles, and some pieces of wood.

From Project Gutenberg

An ice anchor it was that cut ’alf a ear off’n the little one.

From Project Gutenberg

Allen had lowered the sail of the Spider and had tossed out a sharp-pronged ice anchor.

From Project Gutenberg

You will know best how to make a good permanent ice anchor.

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