skeleton n Comb skeleton skate: light metal skate fastened to boot by clamps; club skate.
1973 BARBOUR 55 If there were any ice formed on the 'steady' of Gotts Cove Pond, father would suggest that we take our skates, and walk the mile and a half to the 'steady.' I remember how well my father skated, in the old-fashioned skeleton skates, which clamped on over his ordinary boots.
