单词 | ice anchor |
释义 | > as lemmasice anchor ice anchor n. a grapnel for holding a ship to an ice floe; cf. ice claw n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > grapnel > for holding on to ice-floe ice hook1694 ice anchor1748 1748 H. Ellis Voy. Hudson's-Bay 142 We made fast to a very large Piece of it [sc. ice] with several Ice Anchors and Ropes. 1774 C. J. Phipps Voy. N. Pole 59 The ice being all round us, we got out our ice-anchors, and moored along-side a field. 1880 Standard 20 May 3 The vessel will..‘hook on’ with an S-shaped ice-anchor to the floe alongside. 1992 W. Steger & J. Bowermaster Crossing Antarctica i. 16 Victor released the ice anchor that held my frantically tugging dogs. < as lemmas |
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