icemakern.

1775 R. Barker Let. 9 Mar. in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 252 The ice-maker belonging to me..made a sufficient quantity in the winter for the supply of the table during the summer season.

1792 J. L. Williams in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 83 56 The ice-makers informed me the cold was most intense.

1837 J. L. Blake Parlor Bk. (ed. 4) 47/2 In the morning, before sunrise, the ice-makers attend at the pits, and collect what was frozen, in baskets, which they convey to the place of preservation.

1873 Little Corporal Mag. July 15/1 How do you suppose it must be in countries where the people have to make the ice themselves? You think that is funny; but the poor ice-makers call it hard work.

1897 Epicure Nov. 400/2 Each section, however, was served by a cuisine comprising in its personnel: three chefs, five helpers, two ice-makers—forty men in all.

1945 Times of India Directory 32 715/1 Calcutta Ice Makers' Association.

2001 A. Loudon Webs of Innovation 20 Now in turn, the icemakers were put out of business [by the refrigerator].

1904 J. Kerr Curling in Canada & U.S. ix. 326 Icemaker Blakely had, by careful top-dressing, prepared what the Scotsmen declared to be the best and truest ice they had played on throughout the tour.

1935 Univ. Toronto Monthly Jan. 106/2 The weatherman has been a little more kindly towards the outdoor icemakers this winter, so that Ross Workman was able to invite the public to skate on the smooth expanse in the Varsity Stadium as early as the second week in December.

1992 S. Birdsell Chrome Suite ii. xvii. 346 Hank drives a school bus and is the icemaker at the skating and curling rink.

2001 B. Weeks Curling for Dummies iv. 45 Now that you know what the icemaker is doing with that hose, the next question is, ‘Why?’

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 657/1 Apparatus for making ice-creams by the aid of freezing powder. Ice-maker, for freezing a small quantity of water in tubes with the freezing powder, for medical or other purposes. Registered ice-plane.

1883 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 7 Dec. 57/2 Miniature ice maker. Four-quart salt extractor. Lemon squeezer. Apple parer. Lemon parer.

1927 Daily Tel. 11 May 18/3 New patent non-chemical refrigerator and ice-maker.

1969 K. Amis Green Man i. 12 The ice-maker had broken down.

2010 Ideal Home May 168/2 The SxS American-style fridge-freezer is the ultimate in energy-efficient chilling, with fridge and freezer side-by-side also has an icemaker.

1953 Recreation Nov. 382/2 An artificial ice rink, the Beltemp Model 66—portable icemaker and package ice-skating rink—was put into operation on an experimental basis in May in Detroit.

1971 ASHRAE Handbk. & Product Directory Applic. li. 629/1 Skating Rinks... One method of acquiring this heat at no appreciable cost would be from the ice maker's condensers.

2006 E.-L. Pelkonen & D. Albrecht Eero Saarinen 171/3 Two air-conditioning units did double duty, serving as ice makers for an outdoor skating rink in winter.