ice shove

noun

Etymology

From ice + shove, in reference to ice being shoved onto shore, and shoving items on shore further inland.

  1. derived from *skewbʰ-
  2. inherited from *skeubaną
  3. inherited from *skeuban
  4. inherited from sċūfan
  5. inherited from schouven
  6. compounded as ice shove — “ice + shove

Definitions

  1. A phenomenon which occurs at the interface of land and water, when partially frozen-over…

    A phenomenon which occurs at the interface of land and water, when partially frozen-over bodies of water with broken ice encounter a constant wind that blows onto shore, blowing the pieces of ice onto shore, which pile up and drive further inland, potentially crushing shoreside buildings or pushing them off their foundations.

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