ice burn

Phono-semantic matching of Japanese アイスバーン (aisubān), from German Eisbahn (literally “ice road”).

ice burn (uncountable)

1. (Japan, non-native speakers' English) An icy road.
   • 2008, Takahiro Kato, “Editor's Note”, in PWRI Web Magazine‎, volume 3, Public Works Research Institute:

     sliding near intersections and on ice burn

   • 2018, Ren Katsurada, Tatsuhito Hasegawa, “Estimation of Road Snow Accumulation Using Smartphones to Create Snow Cover Maps for Pedestrians”, in IEEE Region 10 International Conference TENCON, →DOI:

     In fact, some subjects reported that “ice burn sometimes slips, but basically, walking on ice burn feels no different than walking on an ordinary road.”

   • 2021, Hokuto Kurihara, Sota Shimizu, Rikuta Mazaki, Naoki Motoi, Roberto Oboe, Nobuyuki Hasebe, Tomoyuki Miyashita, “Development of Haptic Feedback Control Stick for Remote Control between Different Structures”, in 10.1109/ICM46511.2021.9385652, →DOI:

     when the rover is driving on uneven ground, on ice burn with little friction, or when its wheels step pebbles on the ground