Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
10. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of small ground snakes of the
family {Tortricid[ae]}.
{Ground roller} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
Madagascar rollers belonging to {Atelornis} and allied
genera. They are nocturnal birds, and feed on the ground.
{Roller bolt}, the bar in a carriage to which the traces are
attached; a whiffletree. [Eng.]
{Roller gin}, a cotton gin inn which rolls are used for
separating the seeds from the fiber.
{Roller mill}. See under {Mill}.
{Roller skate}, a skate which has small wheels in the place
of the metallic runner; -- designed for use in skating
upon a smooth, hard surface, other than ice.
Skate \Skate\, n. [D. schaats. Cf. {Scatches}.]
A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a
shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for
moving rapidly on ice.
Batavia rushes forth; and as they sweep, On sounding
skates, a thousand different ways, In circling poise,
swift as the winds, along, The then gay land is
maddened all to joy. --Thomson.
{Roller skate}. See under {Roller}.
Source : WordNet®
roller skate
n : a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole
roller skate
v : travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to
their soles; "In some fashionable restaurants, the
waiters roller skate around"