ice-houses

There were other warming periods in the history of the Earth; geologists speak of alternating hot and cold stable states—"hot-houses" and "ice-houses."

Ervin Laszlo / HEALING THE PLANET AN INTEGRAL DIAGNOSIS AND PRESCRIPTIONS FOR THE CURE 2009

There were other warming periods in the history of the Earth; geologists speak of alternating hot and cold stable states—"hot-houses" and "ice-houses."

Archive 2009-02-15 2009

They told me that they had some in the ice-houses at Fresh Pond five years old which was as good as ever.

Walden 2004

Occasionally in the spring great masses of this detritus slide down the mountains, and cover the snow-drifts in the valleys, thus forming natural ice-houses.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

Occasionally in the spring great masses of this detritus slide down the mountains, and cover the snow-drifts in the valleys, thus forming natural ice-houses.

Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle 2003

A panic had evidently struck such boys and girls as were skimming over the smooth ice in protected bayous near the ice-houses.

The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats George A. Warren

There was quite a pleasurable excitement among the stay-at-homes at the tea table, when the incipient breaking up of the ice was declared; for on the proximity of narrow feeding-grounds to the ice-houses depended the hopes of good sport of our adventurers.

Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall

At sunrise the next morning, the sportsmen hurried through their frugal meal, and hastened to their various "ice-houses;" for a great change had taken place in the weather, which, although the rain had ceased and the sky had cleared somewhat, was still mild and spring-like.

Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall

If we again fail, I shall return to Egypt to carry out my plan for converting the Pyramids into ice-houses.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various

States Flickers sometimes chisel holes through the weatherboarding of ice-houses and make cavities for their eggs in the tightly packed sawdust within.

The Bird Study Book Thomas Gilbert Pearson