ˈice-hill
1. A hill or mound of ice; an elevated glacier or hummock of ice; a slope covered with ice, used for sliding or tobogganing.
| 1694 Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. (1711) 26 The Ice-Hills that fill up the Valleys. 1816 Sporting Mag. XLVIII. 244 Inclined planes to imitate the ice-hills of Russia. 1855 Englishwoman in Russia 215 The Russians are extremely fond of this amusement, and often have these ice-hills erected at some village at a little distance from the town. 1856 Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxxi. 427 Myouti..began climbing the dune-like summits of the ice-hills. |
† 2. A floating iceberg. Obs.
| 1694 Acc. Sev. Late Voy. ii. (1711) 44 The great Ice-hills..that drive up and down in the Sea. Ibid. 47 A great Ice-hill came driving towards our Ship. |