glissading

Variant of glissade

noun

  1. an intentional slide by a mountain climber down a steep snow-covered slope
  2. Ballet a gliding step

Origin: Fr < glisser, to slide, glide, prob. a blend < Frank *glitan (for IE base see glide) + OFr glacier (see glacis)

intransitive verb glissaded, glissading

to make a glissade; slide or glide
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