ice run

noun

1. the rapid breaking up or fragmentation of river ice in spring or early summer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ice run¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

He turned aside and found himself at the bend of a long ice run leading down to the lake.

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Whose fault would it be if he killed himself on the ice-run after all?

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I want you to get into some clothes and come up to the ice-run as quick as possible!

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Mr. Polly swerved a little from the conversational ice-run upon which he had embarked.

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Washington tried with his setting-pole to stop the raft and let the ice run by.

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