The action or sport of moving along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
1854, Charles Manby Smith, The working-mans way in the world'' (page 283)
My merry Christmas and first matrimonial plum-pudding, which I had a hand in compounding — the sprig of mistletoe which I bought for home-consumption, the walks in the parks and the skatings on the Serpentine during the two days' holiday(..)