spoondrift

The spoondrift, too, came straight along our deck, over the taffrail, as if it would cut our legs off; for, though we flew at a pretty good rate, it flew faster.

From The Three Lieutenants by Archibald Webb

At six bells in the morning watch the main-topsail blew out of the bolt-ropes with a report like a gun's, and went swirling away into the flying spoondrift down on our lee quarter.

From Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 by Various

It was impossible to face the scud and spoondrift from the furious sea; but to leeward he caught a glimpse of a marsh flooded with salt water, its reedy vegetation beaten flat by the storm.

From Into the Primitive by Robert Ames Bennett

The oil slick helped only a little; every few moments a wave with spoondrift flying from it would smash across the deck, volleying tons of water between rails, with a sound like thunder.

From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Holman Day

She dodged occasionally to protect her eyes from the spoondrift which slatted so sharply across the deck and 156 into the cockpit.

From Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club by Amy Bell Marlowe