Word: glissades
Translations: glissades
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spanish
Translations:
Glissades
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german
Translations:
Rutschpartien
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french
Translations:
des glissades
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portuguese
Translations:
Glissades, glíssades
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russian
Translations:
скольжение
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swedish
Translations:
Glissades
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danish
Translations:
Glissades
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polish
Translations:
Glissades
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turkish
Translations:
Glissades
The meaning and "use of": glissades
noun
- a way of sliding down a steep slope of snow or ice, typically on the feet with the support of an ice ax. - Once I had past the subsidiary top of Carn Dearg Meadhonach I took advantage of a long snow glissade down a shallow corrie that dropped me down into the glen.
- a movement, typically used as a joining step, in which one leg is brushed outward from the body, which then takes the weight while the second leg is brushed in to meet it. - Transition steps, like a glissade or pas de bourrée, are often as important as pirouettes.
- slide down a steep slope of snow or ice with the support of an ice ax. - Although it was possible that the boys had triggered the slide on their way down - perhaps by glissading down the slope - the avalanche had probably released on their way up.
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