bergy

Adjective

bergy (comparative more bergy, superlative most bergy)

1. (colloquial) Containing icebergs.
   • This cruise was not so hazardous as the last, being less in Bergy seas, nor have we been in any so extreme danger, but then as the ships cannot last for ever it becomes daily more uncomfortable on the philosophical principle of the 'Pitcher going 99 times to the well.'1918, Leonard Huxley, Life and Letters of Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
   • It transformed icebergs, magnificent a moment before, into a maze of dangerous mounds lurking in our pathway and justifying the reputation of Melville Bay for being one of the most dreaded spots of the Arctic. We were right in the 'bergiest' section of the bay. 'The Bergy Hole', whalemen call it.1948, Miriam Look MacMillan, Green Seas and White Ice, page 119

   Synonyms:

   icebergy

2. (colloquial) Of or related to icebergs.
   • The intersections of Greenland by its numerous internal waters are, however, difficult of investigation from the fiords, *sounds, and other entrances being blocked up by the bergy ice, which obstructs the passage of such field, or packed ice, as descends from the internal waters; for it may be...1818, Bernard O'Reilly, Greenland, the Adjacent Seas, and the North-west Passage
   • They are to stretch over to the Bergy ground, of dismal associations, and to look for ice-cracks in the level channel way.1861, Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic Explorations, page 308

   Synonyms:

   icebergy