ice-islandn.
/ʌɪsˈʌɪlənd/, U.S. /ˌaɪsˈaɪlənd/ An ice field or floe regarded as an extensive island; (also) spec. = iceberg n. 2a.
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the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > ice-field or pack-ice
ice field1694
field1695
ice-island1750
field ice1772
ice isle1777
pack1791
stream1817
ice pack1835
pedregal1839
pack ice1842
stream-ice1856
the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > iceberg > [noun] > extensive
ice-island1750
ice isle1777
1750 Gentleman's Mag. June 283/1 Capt. Dunn also fell in with many ice islands, but got clear without any considerable damage.
1777 J. Cook Voy. S. Pole Introd. p. xvii It is, therefore, very probable, that what Bouvet saw was nothing more than a large ice-island.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 225 The stupendous masses, known by the name of Ice-islands, or Ice-bergs..from their height..and the depth of water in which they ground.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxxi. 116 We saw thirty-four ice-islands of various sizes.
1905 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 51/1 An ice-island thirty miles long was observed.
1958 Jet 27 Nov. 29 The only Negro airman..rescued from a 1000-foot-square floating ice island near the North Pole.
1993 P. O'Brian Wine-dark Sea x. 249 The ice-islands showed at some points pure rosy pink and at others bright ultramarine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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