霜しも柱ばしら

noun

frost columns; ice needles

Needle-like ice crystals that form in soil when the ground freezes, pushing up small columns of earth. A winter phenomenon often noticed in gardens or bare ground.

• 今朝けさは冷ひえ込こんで、庭にわに霜しも柱ばしらが立たっていた。

  It was freezing this morning, and frost columns had formed in the garden.

• 霜しも柱ばしらを踏ふむと、サクサクと音おとがする。

  When you step on frost columns, they make a crunchy sound.