ice beam
noun
A beam placed at the stern or bow of a ship to resist the pressure of ice.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in The Universal Magazine.
- on a full (or an empty) stomach
- on-again off-again
- onager
- onagraceous
- onagrad
- on-air
- on a level with
- Onam
- on and off
- on and on
- on an empty stomach
- on an even keel
- onanism
- onanist
- onanistic
- onanistically
- on a par with
- on a plate
- on approval
- on a promise
- on a roll
- on a (silver) platter
- on a sixpence
- Onassis, Aristotle
- Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy