Chiefly U.S. An ice skate with a curving blade. Now historical.

U.S. A type of ice skate having the blade curled upwards at the front. Obsolete.

Denoting the attainment of, or capacity for, high-speed, as speed-bike, speed bowler, speed-gallop, speed launch, speed-skating (hence speed-skater…

a kind of skates suitable for fen-skating.

An ice-skate for children, which has double runners in two sections and can easily be adjusted to fit the foot.

In specific applications usually indicated by context. A type of skate (see quot. 1923).

= sense 2j above.

In speed-skating: a type of ice skate designed for increased speed, consisting of a boot which lifts from the blade at the heel (affording the blade…