Definition of Figure skating

1. Noun. Ice skating where the skates trace outlines of selected figures.

Generic synonyms: Ice Skating

Definition of Figure skating

1. Noun. A sport where people perform spins, jumps and other moves on ice. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Figure Skating

figure-of-speech
figure and ground
figure dash
figure dashes
figure eights
figure loom
figure of eight
figure of merit
figure of speech
figure out
figure poem
figure skate
figure skater
figure skaters
figure skating (current term)
figure space
figured
figured-fabric loom
figured out
figuredly
figurehead
figureheads
figureless
figurer
figurers
figures
figures of merit
figures of speech

Literary usage of Figure skating

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum ...by George Knottesford Fortescue by George Knottesford Fortescue (1903)
"Official Handbook of the Departmental Committee for figure skating. Lond. 1897, etc. 8". 7912. h. - Bules, Constitution and Bye-Laws. pp. 20. Lond. 1900. ..."

2. Sport: Attempt at a Bibliography of Books and Periodicals Published During ...by C. M. van Stockum by C. M. van Stockum (1914)
"English figure skating. A guille lu the theory ami practise of skating in the ... A system of figure-skating. Theory and practise of the art as developed in ..."

3. Skating by John Moyer Heathcote, C. G. Tebbutt, T. Maxwell Witham, Henry A. Buck, John Kerr, Ormond Hake (1892)
"FIGURE-SKATING CHAPTER III BY T. MAXWELL WITHAM ICE AND THE FORMATION OF RINKS 'THE ice bears !' What a thrill runs through the figure-skater at this ..."

4. Fish by S. Beaty-Pownall (1903)
"Combined Figure-Skating. PART III.— Supplementary. The Calls are in accordance with ... COMBINED FIGURE-SKATING. By KC LOWTHER. (Member of the Skating Club. ..."

5. The Bibliographer (1884)
"A System of figure skating. Being the theory and practice of the art as developed in ... Practical Handbook on figure skating, with hints to beginners. ..."

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