1841 3 Jan. 9/1 Ay! on the ice-fringe of thy snowy pall A nation's tears of gladness are congeal'd.
1902 25 Oct. 604/1 Persecuted until they were practically driven off the seas, they took refuge furthest north along the ice-fringe.
1966 T. Armstrong et al. 23 Ice fringe, a very narrow ice piedmont, extending less than about 1 km inland from the sea.
2007 (Nexis) 22 Oct. a10 The sea there is heating... Green grass and beech trees are taking root on the ice fringes.