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rink

• 1 n. the ice surface, usually surrounded by a board fence, on which hockey is played.

  See also: hockey rink (def. 1)  

  • 1896  The Niagaras know every inch of the rink and so know just how to toss the puck around from one end of the rink to the other in order to score.
  • 1965  They meet at the rink, choose sides and ply their skills without a financial charge.

• 2 n. an indoor hockey rink built to accommodate spectators.

  See also: arena  

  • 1916  There had been . . . none on the scale of this memorable event that packed the old Mutual Street rink. . . .
  • 1964  This, to a man who helped fill the rinks for nine years.

• 3 n. a building in which curling is played.

  See also: curling  

  • 1920  . . . get together and join themselves into one large curling association and all curl at one rink.
  • 1960  Even the rink, center of all winter life, was closed.