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ice palace
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1
a building made of blocks of clear ice.
Quotations
1889
The Montreal Ice Palace was the first ever tried in the New World.
1905
The ice palaces and winter carnivals, once so popular in the chief cities of the Dominion . . . have aided in this work of peculiar education to a surprising degree. . . .
1957
In rapid-fire succession during the day, events, running the gamut from a snow man contest for the children to construction of an ice palace on Richmond avenue, will be run off.
2 — Slang
an indoor hockey rink built to accommodate spectators.
See: arena
Quotations
1955
. . . Robertson should have an attraction tonight at the ancient Whitehall ice palace that should be well worth taking in.