Definition of "ice-cliff" [ice-cliff]

• The precipitous front of a tide-water glacier. (noun)
• A cliff formed by marine erosion, in arctic regions, where the land consists of ice with more or less interstratified and overlying detritus. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "There are certain times when you won’t be behind the butt of a rifle, either during a setpiece moment such as climbing up a vertical ice-cliff, rappelling face-first down a desert embankment or directing a speeding Zodiak motorboat down a rushing river."
• "A few hundred feet from the outer edge of the ice-cliff, the forested moraine became a "dead" glacier."
• "As he ceased reading, the boy's face was turned to the ice-cliff, where the plashing water flowed in a huge sheet, like a falling veil, over the face of the berg, shutting out from sight the twining pillars and narrow entrance of the sealer's tomb."