Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A boatlike vehicle set on sharp runners, used for sailing on ice.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A strong boat, propelled by steam, used to break a channel through ice.
  • noun A triangular or boat-shaped frame mounted on runners, and fitted with a mast, sails, etc., for sailing on ice.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation; an icebreaker.
  • noun a sailing craft with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice; it is usually propelled by a sail, and sometimes by an engine-powered propeller.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An ice yacht.
  • noun An icebreaker; a ship that breaks through ice.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice
  • noun a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation

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Examples

  • In northern Maine, a paper in New Brunswick reported, “Canadian liquor in quantities from one gallon to a truckload is being hidden in the northern woods and distributed by automobile, sled and iceboat, on snowshoes and on skis.”

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • In northern Maine, a paper in New Brunswick reported, “Canadian liquor in quantities from one gallon to a truckload is being hidden in the northern woods and distributed by automobile, sled and iceboat, on snowshoes and on skis.”

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • In northern Maine, a paper in New Brunswick reported, "Canadian liquor in quantities from one gallon to a truckload is being hidden in the northern woods and distributed by automobile, sled and iceboat, on snowshoes and on skis."

    'Last Call' 2010

  • John Cameron Swayze, here, for Timex stopwatches… we attached this stopwatch to the blades on this lightning fast iceboat, and raced around the lake.

    Out of Context Ad Challenge – The Bleat. 2009

  • Together they give wonderful looks at the natural beauty of Mars, including fossil climbing, mountain climbing, and iceboat sailing.

    Archive 2005-04-01 adamosf 2005

  • Together they give wonderful looks at the natural beauty of Mars, including fossil climbing, mountain climbing, and iceboat sailing.

    The Martians adamosf 2005

  • The thunderous whump of the lone remaining helicopter echoed over the frozen terrain as it circled to land near the iceboat.

    Ice Hunt Rollins, James, 1961- 2003

  • She worked the foot pedals and expertly brought her iceboat around and braked the craft the makeshift parking lot.

    Ice Hunt Rollins, James, 1961- 2003

  • There was even an iceboat, a catamaran resting on stainless-steel runners.

    Ice Hunt Rollins, James, 1961- 2003

  • She turned her back on Tom and the others and strode to the iceboat.

    Ice Hunt Rollins, James, 1961- 2003

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  • A boat resembling a sailboat but fitted with skis or runners and designed to run over ice instead of (liquid) water.

    August 2, 2007