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hockey skate

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noun

  1. a tubular ice skate having a shorter blade than a racing skate and often having a reinforced shoe for protection.

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Sled hockey players use specially designed sleds that sit on two hockey skate blades.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2021

Nike acquired the Canadian hockey skate powerhouse in 1994 but 13 years later put it up for sale.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 8, 2016

A hockey skate Hockey skates are somewhat shorter than racing skates although built on the same general lines, the standard length being from nine and one-half to eleven and one-half inches.

From Outdoor Sports and Games by Miller, Claude H.

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