hoar‧frost/ˈhɔːfrɒst $ ˈhɔːrfrɒːst/ noun[UNCOUNTABLE] formal [date : 1200-1300; Origin : hoar 'gray, white' (11-20 centuries) (from Old English har) + frost] a thin layer of ice that forms on objects outside when it is very cold SYN frost: ▪ A light hoarfrost covered the fields.
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I open my eyes to a world clothed in the exquisite lace of hoarfrost.