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icecraft

icecraft noun: the art or skill of climbing on icy terrain.

Noun

icecraft (uncountable)

  1. The art or skill of climbing on icy terrain.
    • He should pretend, moreover, to be ignorant of the rudiments of icecraft and of the history of mountaineering, and he must be careful not to distinguish too accurately between snow-beds and glaciers and avalanches; […]1886, The Alpine Journal, volume 12, page 321
    • […] are steep but short exercises in icecraft — the latter combined with the Eisflanke would give almost 3000 ft. of good ice climbing.1967, Climber and Rambler, volume 6, page 267

Origin of icecraft

From ice + -craft.

Questions about icecraft

What does icecraft mean?
Icecraft means the art or skill of climbing on icy terrain.
What part of speech is icecraft?
Icecraft is a noun.

Words near icecraft in the dictionary

  1. icecap
  2. icecapp
  3. icecapps
  4. icecaps
  5. icecold
  6. icecraft
  7. icecream
  8. icecream cone
  9. icecream cones
  10. icecream headache
  11. icecream headaches

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