landfast

[ land-fast, -fahst ]

adjective

1. attached to or grounded on shore or land:

   landfast ice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of landfast¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; land + fast ¹

Example Sentences

This nine-acre structure requires an expanse of landfast sea ice, or ice that forms each winter and attaches to the coast, which would then be covered in gravel and then concrete.

From The Guardian

“A number of studies have shown that landfast ice is forming later and breaking up earlier each year,” said Andy Mahoney, an assistant research professor in geophysics at the University of Alaska.

From The Guardian

In that time, landfast ice spreads out from the shores and where it meets the water, it teems with life, drawing hunters in search of seals, seabirds, polar bears and whales.

From The Guardian

It was a strange sight to see all the ships in the river blown away, the Pool was so clear, that, as I remember, not above four ships were left between the upper part of Wapping and Ratcliffe Cross, for the tide being up at the time when the storm blew with the greatest violence, no anchors or landfast, no cables or moorings, would hold them, the chains which lay across the river for the mooring of ships, all gave way.

From Project Gutenberg

By the time I arrived, this work had been done, and now the perch is a short but twisty commute by snow machine across landfast ice.

From New York Times