glissade

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French glissade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɪˈseɪd/
• IPA^(key): /ɡlɪˈsaːd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

glissade (plural glissades)

1. A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps (Wikipedia).
2. (ballet) A gliding step beginning and ending in a demi-plié in second position (Wikipedia).
3. A move in some dances such as the galop (Wikipedia).
4. (fencing) A fencing move that may disarm the opponent (Wikipedia).

Verb

1. To perform a glissade.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 5, in The Dust of Conflict‎^[1]:

     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.

References

• “glissade”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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French

Etymology

From glisser.

Noun

glissade f (plural glissades)

1. slip, slide, skid

Further reading

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