ice shove

From ice being shoved onto shore, and shoving items on shore further inland.

ice shove (countable and uncountable, plural ice shoves)

1. A phenomenon which occurs at the interface of land and water, when partially frozen-over bodies of water with broken ice encounter a constant wind that blows onto shore, blowing the pieces of ice onto shore, which pile up and drive further inland, potentially crushing shoreside buildings or pushing them off their foundations.

• ice tsunami

• cohesive