sheet1 n NID ~ ice. Attrib sheet ice: a stretch of flat, thin ice formed locaquented by seals.
[1792 CARTWRIGHT Gloss i, xii Pan. A piece of ice of no determined size, but not very large; the large ones are called sheets of ice.] 1868 WHITE MS Journal 18 Apr Ship in sheet ice. 1873 CARROLL 21 When seals whelp they select sheet ice, they keep holes open through it to get to their young. [c1900] 1978 RLS 8, p. 24 ~ thin ice of one or two nights frost. 1922 Sat Ev Post 195, 2 Sep, p. 10 You'll see somethin' like seal runnin' now we've got down to the reg'lar sheet ice and no more slob! 1934 LOUNSBURY 12 The first field ice to appear is 'white' or 'northern slob' formed off Labrador in the early winter, but it is followed almost immediately by 'sheet' ice which is more dense and solid though not as thick. 1972 BROWN 57 Wes told Joe of his belief that the seals lay to the west on the sheet ice, and of his ill luck so far.
