In a message dated 17/02/2009 13:32:40 GMT Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
I've always called the really thin ice "cat ice" as well, although I don't know where the phrase comes from either. One definition of 'cat ice': "Ice forming a thin shell from under which the water has receded." (Navigation Dictionary USHO, Bulletin 220, 1956) The term has some application to ice on lakes. and another (at _http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/phrases.htm_ (http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/phrases.htm) ): Cat ice - Thin, dangerous ice Ice that would not support a cat, similar to the phrase "skating on thin ice." (Thanks are due to search engines . . . ) DaveD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
