Glissade (noun)
glis-ayd
a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain.
Glissade entered English around 1830–40 and comes from French. It is composed of the verb glisser, meaning “to slip, slide,” and –ade, a noun suffix that denotes an action or process or a person or persons acting.
Example sentences
“She performed a perfect glissade on the piste.”
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