Icecraft

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The art or skill of climbing on icy terrain. uncountable

    "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; […]"

Example

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"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; […]"

Etymology

From ice + -craft.

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