Plural of floe; multiple large, flat sheets of floating sea ice.
From 'floe' (Norwegian 'flo') plus standard English plural '-s'.
When Arctic explorers wrote about their adventures, they always mentioned the treacherous 'floes'—these massive ice sheets could drift and crush ships, which is why they were so feared and carefully mapped.
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