icecraft

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noun

The art or skill of climbing on icy terrain.

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Meanings

nounicecraft (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe art or skill of climbing on icy terrain.

    […] 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
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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; […]

    1886, The Alpine Journal, volume 12, page 321

Origin

From ice + -craft.

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MLA

“icecraft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/icecraft. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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