brash ice

noun

small, floating fragments of sea ice or river ice.
Also called brash.

Words nearby brash ice

branzino, braque, bras d'or lake, brasco, brash, brash ice, brashy, brasier, brasil, brasilein, brasilia

Example sentences from the Web for brash ice

  • Reefs buried in frothing surge showed their glistening mantles, and the boat swerved to avoid floating streamers of brash-ice.

    The Home of the Blizzard |Douglas Mawson

  • Wilson had dug an ice-grave near the hummock, leaving at its edge a heap of brash-ice and snow to fill it.

    The Purple Cloud |M.P. Shiel

  • The term is also used (but not commonly) for brash-ice still further broken down.

    South! |Sir Ernest Shackleton