telemark

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See also: Telemark and télémark

English

WOTD – 3 December 2016
Linda Peer telemark skiing in powdery snow

Etymology

From Norwegian Telemark, a county in Norway, from Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from the genitive plural case of þelir (“name of an old Germanic tribe”) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

Pronunciation

Noun

telemark (countable and uncountable, plural telemarks)

  1. (uncountable, skiing) Telemark skiing, a method of skiing using the telemark turn and a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes.
  2. (countable, skiing) A telemark turn.
  3. (countable, ski jumping) A telemark landing.

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Verb

telemark (third-person singular simple present telemarks, present participle telemarking, simple past and past participle telemarked)

  1. (skiing, intransitive) To take part in telemark skiing.
  2. (skiing, intransitive) To perform a telemark turn.

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