noun
also ice skate
- a bladelike metal runner mounted in a frame having clamps and straps for fastening it to the sole of a shoe and used for gliding on ice
- a shoe with such a runner permanently attached
- a similar frame or shoe with a pair of small wheels near the toe and another pair at the heel, for gliding on a hardwood floor, sidewalk, etc.
also roller skate
- in-line skate
- the act or a period of skating
Origin:
taken as sing. of earlier skates < Du schaats, a skate, stilt < NormFr escache < OFr eschace, stilt, crutch < Frank *skatja, stilt
intransitive verb skated, skating
to move along or glide on or as on skates