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prettygoodwordglissade (gli-SAHD, gli-SAYD) - n., (dance) a gliding or sliding step; (climbing) a controlled slide down a steep snow slope in either a standing or sitting position. v., to perform a glissade (either kind).
For the climbing, the seated form is safest, natch. From French, from glisser, to slip, from Old French glicier, of Frankish origin.
---L.
For the climbing, the seated form is safest, natch. From French, from glisser, to slip, from Old French glicier, of Frankish origin.
---L.
