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Antonyms for glissade

Grammar : Verb
Spell : gli-sahd, -seyd
Phonetic Transcription : glɪˈsɑd, -ˈseɪd

Definition of glissade

Origin :
  • in dancing sense, 1832 (v.), 1843 (n.), from French glissade, from glisser "to slip, slide" (13c.), from a Germanic source (cf. Dutch glissen), from Proto-Germanic *glidan "to glide" (see glide).
  • verb glide
Example sentences :
  • There is our resting-place, herr,” he said, “with a perfect bit of snow for a glissade.
  • Extract from : « The Crystal Hunters » by George Manville Fenn
  • It is called the hashiri (glissade); and we are to descend at a run!
  • Extract from : « Exotics and Retrospectives » by Lafcadio Hearn
  • The first part of the way down to the saddle we attempted a glissade.
  • Extract from : « Inca Land » by Hiram Bingham
  • It was in deep winter weather and Timur had to be let down the snows by glissade in a basket guided by ropes.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 » by Various
  • We crept up it, and from the summit descended by a glissade to the frontal portion of the cavern.
  • Extract from : « The Glaciers of the Alps » by John Tyndall
  • To shorten the return journey I was tempted to glissade down what appeared to be a snow-filled ravine, which was very steep.
  • Extract from : « Travels in Alaska » by John Muir
  • The remaining steep slopes were also descended by glissade, and we afterwards marched cheerily over the gentler inclines.
  • Extract from : « Hours of Exercise in the Alps » by John Tyndall
  • By means of ropes attached to these I proposed to scour the mountain along the line of the glissade.
  • Extract from : « Hours of Exercise in the Alps » by John Tyndall
  • In Switzerland he had studied the glissade, but when one carries a heavy load to balance on a precipitous slope is difficult.
  • Extract from : « Northwest! » by Harold Bindloss
  • It was pitch-dark outside, and the trench had become a glissade of slimy mud.
  • Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

Synonyms for glissade

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