glissade
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French glissade.
Pronunciation
Noun
glissade (plural glissades)
- A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps.
- (ballet) A gliding step beginning and ending in a demi-plié in second position.
- A move in some dances such as the galop.
- (fencing) A fencing move that may disarm the opponent.
Verb
glissade (third-person singular simple present glissades, present participle glissading, simple past and past participle glissaded)
- To perform a glissade.
- 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 5, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
- Flinging himself on hands and knees he dragged the girl down with him. As he did so two of her companions came sliding down to their assistance, and the four glissaded back to the deckhouse as the following roll began.
References
- “glissade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
From glisser.
Pronunciation
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Noun
glissade f (plural glissades)
Descendants
Further reading
- “glissade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.