skeelern.
/ˈskiːlə/ (See quots.)
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > roller-skating > [noun] > roller-skate > type of
skeeler1968
in-line skate1987
1968 Daily Tel. 28 Dec. 23/4 (caption) ‘Skeelers’, a cross between ice and roller skates.
1968 Daily Tel. 28 Dec. 23/6 The skates, called ‘Skeelers’.., are just part of the fun for the children at the Daily Mail New Year Show.
Derivatives
ˈskeeling n. skating on skeelers.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skating > [noun] > other types of skating
running1816
free skating1902
pair skating1902
sculling1938
skeeling1969
skatathon1970
1969 Daily Tel. 31 Jan. 17/5 Skeeling, launched last autumn, gives some of the exhilarating feeling of skating—but without ice. Skeelers are like ice skates but three wheels replace the blade; they will slide on any hard surface.
1972 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 13 June 15/6 Skeeling, according to the publicity releases, is iceless skating; a summer hockey equivalent. Skeelers are a cross between roller skates and ice skates and were originally developed by the Russians to help condition speed skaters during the off-season.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1968- to have the guns for
- to have the happiness to
- to have the heart
- to have the heart hanging on a jolly pin
- to have the heels of
- to have the higher hand
- to have the honour
- to have the horn
- to have the hot hand
- to have the hots for
- to have the jump on
- to have the key of the street
- to have the keys of
- to have the last laugh
- to have the last word
- to have the laugh on a person
- to go fall like ninepins
- to go fante
- to go far to
- to go farewell
- to go flatline
- to go flatting
- to go flee with the worse
- to go fluking
- to go for