noun
- A pair of short skates with two runners side by side, designed for young children or beginners learning to ice skate.
Usage: Usually used in plural form.; Also called 'bob skates' (two words) or 'double runner skates'.
Examples
- My little sister just got her first pair of bobskates for ice skating lessons.
- Bobskates are easier to balance on than single-blade skates for beginners.
- The skating rink rents bobskates to children under five years old.
- He wore bobskates when he was learning and graduated to regular skates by age eight.
- Bobskates provide more stability because of their two parallel runners.