skatingn.
/ˈskeɪtɪŋ/ a. The action of the verb.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun]
skating1723
ice-skating1840
pattening1850
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > roller-skating > [noun]
roller skating1866
wheel-skating1875
skating1876
rollering1880
in-line skating1987
rollerblading1988
1723 tr. F. C. Weber Present State Russia I. 30 Their chief Delight was in scating.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xlv. 298 When the waters are frozen,..it furnishes them the amusement of skeiting.
1842 E. Miall in Nonconf. II. 27 The exercise and recreation of scating.
1876 J. A. Harwood Rinks & Rollers iv. 63 There are few more lively..sights than..the young engaged in skating and flirting, while the elder ones sip tea between the trees.
1885 M. Collins Prettiest Woman in Warsaw I. x. 169 Are you coming to the skating?
1948 C. Beastall Internat. Roller Skating Annual 15 The RSROA, who banned metal wheels, introduced skating and proficiency tests..in their rinks.
1975 Man. Artistic Roller Skating 38 The candidate is required to compose..an original dance..suitable for skating in public skating sessions.
b. attributive, as skating-book, skating-boot, skating-match, skating-rink (also figurative), skating skirt.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun] > rink
ice1811
ice rink1848
rink1848
skating-rink1867
glaciarium1878
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > boot > [noun] > for specific purpose > other
walking boot1854
skating-boot1895
Derby1901
ski boot1907
safari boot1912
bootee1974
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for lower body > skirt > types of > short
moochi1872
trotteur1904
trotter skirt1909
puffball1953
miniskirt1962
micro-mini1967
micro-miniskirt1967
micro1968
skating skirt1968
mini1987
1763 Brit. Mag. 4 104 A skaiting match from hence to Whittlesea.
1867 Notes & Queries 3rd Ser. 12 171/1 ‘A skating rink’ is a meadow, on to which water is let in winter to a slight depth, for the purpose of skating.
1875 Burnie Mem. Thomas 54 The idle world is frantic on skating-rinks; they are springing up everywhere.
1875 Building News 19 Nov. 579/1 Skating Rinks. The [roller-]skating rink is an institution that has rapidly grown in..popularity.
1895 Outing 27 206/2 A little intelligent study of the diagrams in your skating-book.
1895 Outing 27 202/1 The skate-blades are fixed to plates which are screwed fast to heel and sole of the skating-boots.
1903 ‘H. McHugh’ Back to Woods 12 Bunch went down to the skating pond one day with $18 and picked four live wires at an average of 8 to 1.
1926 G. H. Maines & B. Grant Wise-crack Dict. 14/2 Skating rink for flies, baldheaded man.
1958 Roller Dance Skating Man. 32 (advt.) Skating Rinks at: Skating Rink & Cafeteria, Granby Halls, Leicester.
1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 62 Skating skirt. Traditionally this is cut circular and very short, worn with tights.
1971 Petticoat 24 July 3/4 They'll be taking hemlines just about as high as they can go, even to skating-skirt length.
1976 Flintshire Leader 10 Dec. 2/8 Freezing conditions this week turned a road in Carmel near Holywell into a skating rink.
1981 Northeast Woods & Waters Jan. 24/3 Osborndale in Derby even offers a large skating pond, lighted for night skating.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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