Definition of Glissade. Meaning of Glissade. Synonyms of Glissade

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Definition of Glissade

Glissade
Glissade Glis*sade", n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.] 1. A sliding, as down a snow slope. 2. A dance step consisting of a glide or slide to one side.
Glissade
Glissade Glis`sade", n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.] A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps. --Tyndall.

Meaning of Glissade from wikipedia

- Glissade may mean: glissade (climbing), a way to descend a snow-covered slope glissade (dance move), a move in some dances such as the galop glissade...
- Glissading is the act of descending a steep snow- or scree-covered slope via a controlled slide on one's feet or buttocks. It is an alternative to other...
- "precipitated glide".) A quick glissade generally done leading into a following step, such as with glissade jeté or glissade ****emblé. (French pronunciation:...
- Glissade was a roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Virginia. It was situated in the area where Izzy/Wild Maus was once located. Glissade...
- years later on June 13, 1987, another climber, Dave Probst, died on a glissade. Idaho portal Geography portal Mountains portal List of mountains of Idaho...
- closed position familiar in the waltz,[citation needed] the step combined a glissade with a ch****é on alternate feet, ordinarily in a fast 2 4 time. The galop...
- noting that Bilbo's journey across the Misty Mountains ("including the glissade down the slithering stones into the pine woods") is directly based on his...
- The Fencing Master is a 1988 novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte set in Spain at the middle of the 19th century. Amid the political turmoil of the Glorious Revolution...
- the return trip that manages to also be fun and rests the leg muscles: glissading the trail, or sliding down on their buttocks. This does not damage the...
- Subdural hematoma, ****ociated with rockfall, icefall, falls while climbing, glissade crashes with rocks, mountain bike crashes Altitude sickness Asphyxia Drowning...