Ice-scoured
[ahys-skouuh rd, -skou-erd] /ˈaɪsˌskaʊərd, -ˌskaʊ ərd/
adjective, Physical Geography.
1.
noting an area having surface features resulting from scouring by an advancing ice sheet during glaciation.
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