ice anchor

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noun

a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along.

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Also called ice drag.

Origin of ice anchor

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby ice anchor

ICBM, ICC, ice, ice age, ice ages, ice anchor, ice apron, ice ax, ice axe, ice bag, ice barrier

How to use ice anchor in a sentence

Allen had lowered the sail of the Spider and had tossed out a sharp-pronged ice anchor.
The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp|Laura Lee Hope
It condescendingly offered to do tugboat service for the "Advance," and invited its captain to throw aboard an ice-anchor.
North-Pole Voyages|Zachariah Atwell Mudge
It came sailing swiftly by, and into it they planted an ice-anchor attached to a tow line.
North-Pole Voyages|Zachariah Atwell Mudge
Shortly before noon further progress was barred by heavy pack, and we put an ice-anchor on the floe and banked the fires.
South!|Sir Ernest Shackleton

Then began a heart-breaking task of warping through the pack with ice-anchor, cable and winch.
Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack|Elisha Kent Kane