hockey skate

1. 1.

   an ice skate worn for playing hockey; has a short blade and a strong boot to protect the feet and ankles

   Broaderice skate

Questions about hockey skate

What does hockey skate mean?

hockey skate means "an ice skate worn for playing hockey; has a short blade and a strong boot to protect the feet and ankles".

Is hockey skate a common word?

hockey skate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.