monoski

English

Alternative forms

mono-ski

Etymology

mono- +‎ ski

Noun

monoski (plural monoskis)

1. A variant of a downhill skiing/alpine skiing ski, that is very wide, allowing for both right and left ski boots to the attached to the same ski, with a doubled-up set of bindings, placed side-by-side. It has the appearance of an extremely wide ski or narrow alpine snowboard, though with binding mounting locations similar to that of a regular ski.
2. A type of sitski with a single ski, used by wheelchair-bound skiers in downhill skiing and para-alpine. It is paired with outriggers, ski poles that have skis attached to the bottom, instead of the pick/spike, to function as outrigger runners for the skier sitting in the monoski.

Synonyms

• (sitski): uniski

Coordinate terms

• (paraski): biski

Related terms

• monoskiing
• monoskier

Verb

monoski (third-person singular simple present monoskis, present participle monoskiing, simple past and past participle monoskied)

1. To use a monoski; to participate in monoskiing.

Anagrams

• Nokomis, kimonos

French

Etymology

From mono- +‎ ski.

Noun

monoski m (plural monoskis)

1. monoski
2. monoskiing

Further reading

• “monoski”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.