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Rollerblade, n. orig. U.S.|ˈrəʊləbleɪd|
Also as two words and with lower-case initial.
[f. roller n.1 + blade n., after roller-skate n.]
A proprietary name for a type of roller-skate with wheels set in one straight line beneath the boot, giving an appearance and action similar to that of an ice-skate.
1985Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 8 Jan. tm 312/2 Roller Blade... For: Boots equipped with longitudinally aligned rollers used for skating and skiing... First use Mar. 1983; in commerce Mar. 1983. 1985C. Middlebrook Rollerblades Dryland Training for Ice Hockey p. vii, Rollerblades are a dryland skate developed by Scott Olson, president of Ole's Innovative Sports of Minneapolis. 1989Omni Sept. 16/1 Examples ranged from windsurfing and rollerblade skating to jogging and wallyball. 1991Boston Apr. 66/1 One cruises on a bike, one coasts on roller blades, three ride skateboards. 1992Atlantic Sept. 70/2 A college kid was skating across the four lanes of Mass. Ave. on Day-Glo-blue Rollerblades, wearing electric-camouflage harem pants.
Hence ˈrollerblade v. intr., to roller-skate using skates of this type; ˈrollerblader n., one who rollerblades; ˈrollerblading vbl. n.
1988Maclean's (Olympics Issue) Feb. 112/1 A summer and fall of long-distance running and cycling workouts..; sessions of ‘roller blading’, in which skaters tackle hilly roads on modified roller skates. 1988Los Angeles Times (San Diego County ed.) 21 July iii. 9b/3 The hazards are limited to crossing just two streets, avoiding skateboarders, roller-bladers and cyclists. 1989USA Today 25 July 3 d/6 When Tuck is not dressing up, she roller blades (roller skates with one line of wheels) around New York's Central Park. 1990Egg Aug. 85/2 Sinuous trails filled with bikers, joggers,..speed-walkers, skateboarders,..rollerbladers,..et al. 1992Men's Health Nov.–Dec. 90/3, I go mountain biking and Rollerblading and I ski-race. |