See Also: glissade(dictionary)

glissade (iou)



glissade noun & verb. M19.
[French, from glisser slip, slide: see -ADE.]
A. noun.
Dancing. A step consisting of a glide or slide in any direction, usu. a joining step. M19.
Mountaineering. The action or an act of sliding down a steep slope esp. of snow, usu. on the feet with the support of an ice-axe etc. M19.
b. verb.
verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Dancing. Perform a glissade; progress by glissades. M19.
Mountaineering. Slide down a steep slope esp. of snow by means of a glissade. M19.
glissader noun M19.