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rink

[ringk]
–noun
1. a smooth expanse of ice for ice-skating, often artificially prepared and inside a building or arena.
2. a smooth floor, usually of wood, for roller-skating.
3. a building or enclosure for ice-skating or roller-skating; skating arena.
4. an area of ice marked off for the game of curling.
5. a section of a bowling green where a match can be played.
6. a set of players on one side in a lawn-bowling or curling match.

Origin:
1325–75; ME (Scots) renk area for a battle, joust, or race, appar. < MF renc rank 1
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rink   (rĭngk)   
n.  
  1. An area surfaced with smooth ice for skating, hockey, or curling.

  2. A smooth floor suited for roller-skating.

  3. A building that houses a surface prepared for skating.

  4. A section of a bowling green large enough for holding a match.

  5. A team of players in quoits, bowling, or curling.


[Middle English renk, racecourse, possibly from Old French renc, line, of Germanic origin; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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rink 
1375, Scottish dialect, probably from O.Fr. renc, reng "row, line," from Frankish and ultimately connected with ring (n.) (q.v.). Probably confused in meaning with ring (n.) in sense of "area marked out for a sporting contest." Ice hockey sense first attested 1896.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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