iceboat

iceboat
/uys"boht'/, n.
1. a vehicle for rapid movement on ice, usually consisting of a T-shaped frame on three runners driven by a fore-and-aft sailing rig or, sometimes, by an engine operating a propeller.
2. a boat for breaking a navigable channel through ice; icebreaker.
[1745-55; ICE + BOAT]

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