From Middle English rink, renk, from Old English rinc (“man, warrior, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *rankiz (“upright man”), from *rankaz (“straight, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“straight, direct”).
Cognate with Scots rink, renk (“man, warrior, hero”), Old Saxon rink (“man”), Old Norse rekkr (“a straight or upright man”), Old English ranc (“proud, noble, valiant”). More at rank.
Meanings
(UK, dialectal) A man, especially a warrior or hero.
Borrowed from Middle Scots rink, renk (“course, battlefield”), from Middle French renc, from Old French reng, from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Doublet of rank and ring.
Meanings
(UK, dialectal) A ring; a circle.
A sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports, such as hockey or curling.
We played hockey all winter until the rink melted.
A surface for roller skating.
A building housing an ice rink.
A team in a competition.
However, it was a more chastening day for Britain's women's team, who were unable to repeat their statement win over Canada against the Swedish rink who denied them European gold in November. 2026 February 15, “GB curlers sweep aside Germany to edge closer to semis”, in BBC:
fi rullaluistelurata (surface for roller skating) · cs brusliště (surface for roller skating) · fi skedemesta (surface for roller skating) · fr équipe (team in curling) · fi kenttä (surface for roller skating) · fi joukkue (team in curling) · fr piste (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · de Eisbahn (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · cs kluziště (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · fi skeittirata (surface for roller skating) · ru ринк (surface for roller skating) · ru хоккейная площа́дка (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · fi kenttä (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · ru като́к (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · de Kunsteisbahn (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · pl lodowisko (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · oj ᔓᐡᑿᑕᐦᐁᐏᑲᒥᐟ (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · fr patinoire (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · oj zhooshkwaada'ewigamig (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · pt rinque (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · fi rata (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · sk klzisko (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · fi jääkenttä (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · fi kaukalo (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · fi rullaluistelukenttä (surface for roller skating) · bg пързалка (sheet of ice prepared for playing certain sports) · de Rollschuhbahn (surface for roller skating)
Borrowed from Middle Scots rink, renk (“course, battlefield”), from Middle French renc, from Old French reng, from Frankish *hring, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz. Doublet of rank and ring.
Meanings
(colloquial, dated, intransitive) To skate on an ice rink.
Jack, who has a knack of knowing, seeing, and doing everything from its very beginning, had of course "rinked" on the only compo at that time laid down in London for the purpose, and visited by London's upper twenty. 1877, Temple Bar, volume 49, page 479: