ice-sheathed

The ice-sheathed trees twinkle in the morning drabness; a branch broken under the weight of ice touches the pavement, rattling its frozen tips.

Excerpt: The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon 2008

They were out of Bayarn Wood, and gathering enough wood would have meant taking an axe to one of the gnarled, ice-sheathed trees that grew on the hills by the road.

THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010

Or cling desperately to ice-sheathed rock overhangs while their manly owner grapnels for pitons with his carabiniers, or whatever.

In Memoriam. LuLu 2008

Uhura tried to peer in the direction she indicated, but the fiery sapphire glare of the Janus Gate was all she could see reflected in the ice-sheathed wall.

The Janus Gate: Future Imperfect L. A. Graf 2002

Uhura tried to peer in the direction she indicated, but the fiery sapphire glare of the Janus Gate was all she could see reflected in the ice-sheathed wall.

The Janus Gate: Future Imperfect L. A. Graf 2002

Uhura tried to peer in the direction she indicated, but the fiery sapphire glare of the Janus Gate was all she could see reflected in the ice-sheathed wall.

The Janus Gate: Future Imperfect L. A. Graf 2002

Hayman jetted toward the far side of the ice-sheathed ship, where a brighter arc of lights was trained on the Defiant's main hatch.

Time's Enemy Graf, L. A. 1996

She glanced toward the ice-sheathed science station and shivered.

Time's Enemy Graf, L. A. 1996

His legs weak and trembling with both fear and exhaustion, the elf pressed his back against the ice-sheathed stone of what must once have been the wall of Thorbardin™s Northgate, waiting for Finn and Kem to climb with painfully slow care over a tumble of rocks and gravel.

Stormblade Berberick, Nancy Varian 1988

Vivar led the exhausted men to a cave that was hidden by ice-sheathed laurels.

Sharpe's Rifles Cornwell, Bernard 1988