An icicle. Also occasionally: a stalactite (cf. watericle, n.). Also figurative.
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释义 | the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > icicle (8) ickleeOE An icicle. Also occasionally: a stalactite (cf. watericle, n.). Also figurative. icicleOE A hanging tapering length of ice produced by the freezing of successive drops of water falling or trickling from the point of attachment, as from… cocklebella1500 An icicle; = conkerbell, n. Usually in plural. In later use English regional (southern). pipe1556 An icicle. Obsolete. rare. shockle1596 A lump of ice; an icicle. tanglea1646 A pendent icicle. Scottish. ice needle1831 (a) an elongated, needle-like ice crystal; (b) a strong needle used to break up (a piece of) ice. Subcategories:— tiny feather-like (1) |
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