glissade

noun, verb — 5 senses

glissade

noun

US /ɡlɪˈseɪd/ · UK /ɡlɪˈsaːd/

Etymology Borrowed from French glissade.

1

A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps.

2

A gliding step beginning and ending in a demi-plié in second position.

3

A move in some dances such as the galop.

4

Fencing, Government, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Martial arts, Military, Politics, Sports, War A fencing move that may disarm the opponent.

Derived terms: glissader

glissade

verb

Etymology Borrowed from French glissade.

1

To perform a glissade.

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.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 5, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
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.2026 February 27, Paul Salopek, “Hazard Cascade”, in National Geographic:

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