snow ice

noun

First recorded in 1835–45

He was struck on the head by a block of hard packed snow ice, and rendered unconscious.

Already Schonberg was half way across to them, heading for where they stood at the up-stream end of the snow-ice.

Then, before any of the watchers could even turn back to head her off, she was skimming over the white streaks of soft snow-ice.

If there comes a deep fall of snow the ice is 'pricked' so as to let the water up through and form snow ice.

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