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ice pad
DCHP-2 (Jan 2013)
n. — Sports, Ontario, Prince Edward Island
an ice rink used for skating or playing winter sports.
Type: 3. Semantic Change — In Canada, the term designates a skating rink, usually an artificial one. This use is found in other locations, but is most prevalent in Canada (see Chart 1). Regional domain searches indicate that the term is most common in Ontario compared to the other provinces and territories (see Chart 2).
See also COD-2, s.v. "ice pad", which is marked "Cdn", and OED-3, s.v. "ice pad" (2), which is marked "N. Amer.".
See also COD-2, s.v. "ice pad", which is marked "Cdn", and OED-3, s.v. "ice pad" (2), which is marked "N. Amer.".
Quotations
1952
"For a moment, the players appear to relax (we have a few doing that here) and then - blue sparks glinting theatrically in the mist shadow over the ice pad as skates explode into spell-binding movement."
1966
Would-be astronomers are invited to two public star nights to be held this weekend by members of the Royal Astronomical Society, Toronto Centre. On Friday night telescopes will be set up on the ice pad in Boulding Park on Coulding Aveneue west of Yonge Street.
1975
Our population is a little over 100,000 and just in ice surfaces alone we have five and will be soon opening a new complex for our citizens that will have another swimming pool and ice pad.
1985
City Council in Kitchener, Ont., has voted to spend $7.2- million to expand Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, home of the Rangers of the Ontario Hockey Association, to include two 100 by 200-foot Olympic-sized ice pads.
1995
"I think the thing about this facility is that it is among the first of a new era of arenas. [...] Whether you want to call it more expensive or not, it's a true sports and entertainment facility. The type of facility you see here is offering a new level of spectator viewing. From an ownership view and marketing view, they're able to offer things way differently than they did in the past. [...] These facilities are no longer just an ice pad where you go see a hockey game."
2006
"Ideally for me, five years down the road would be great -- Regina Exhibition Park is also looking at a multiplex facility with four to six ice pads."
References
- OED-3
- COD-2
Images
Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 14 Aug. 2012
