Glissade
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɡlɪˈseɪd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Glissade is a noun meaning A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps.
Meaning
A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps.
More Meanings
- (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.
- To perform a glissade.
Example Sentences
He slithers like a limbo dancer under alder thickets girding the cliff faces. Trailing diamond sprays of ice, he glissades fearlessly across snowfields that plunge into blue infinity.
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.
Word Forms
- glissades
- glissading
- glissaded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include slide, glacading, glide, snowslip, sliding, avalanche.
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