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a fake glacier you paid to skate on before refrigeration knew what it was doing.
means an artificial ice rink, especially the early ones built before mechanical refrigeration made real ice practical indoors.
from from latin glacies, ice, dressed up with a pseudo-scientific suffix that victorians loved slapping on anything novel; the first ones in 1840s london used a wax and hog-fat compound that only vaguely resembled ice and smelled nothing like a rink.
first attempt1841 london rink used lard-based fake ice
real ice era1876 chelsea glaciarium used actual refrigeration
skate qualityearly versions were sticky, not slippery
name declineword died once rink simply meant rink
for instance
the glaciarium chelsea — london, 1876, first true mechanically frozen ice rink
rusholme glaciarium — manchester, 1877, brought real ice skating north
melbourne glaciarium — australia, 1906, became a major ice hockey venue