Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   glissade

   /ɡlɪˈsɑːd/

   noun

   • 1. a way of sliding down a steep slope of snow or ice, typically on the feet with the support of an ice axe.
   • 2. a movement, typically used as a joining step, in which one leg is brushed outwards from the body, which then takes the weight while the second leg is brushed in to meet it.

   verb

   • 1. slide down a steep slope of snow or ice with the support of an ice axe: "we wobbled down the line of ascent, glissading when we could"

   Word Origin mid 19th century: French, from glisser ‘to slip, slide’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • G

     2

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

   • A

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points