glissade in English

noun

1

a way of sliding down a steep slope of snow or ice, typically on the feet with the support of an ice ax.

Once I had past the subsidiary top of Carn Dearg Meadhonach I took advantage of a long snow glissade down a shallow corrie that dropped me down into the glen.

2

a movement, typically used as a joining step, in which one leg is brushed outward from the body, which then takes the weight while the second leg is brushed in to meet it.

Transition steps, like a glissade or pas de bourrée, are often as important as pirouettes.

verb

1

slide down a steep slope of snow or ice with the support of an ice ax.

Although it was possible that the boys had triggered the slide on their way down - perhaps by glissading down the slope - the avalanche had probably released on their way up.

Use "glissade" in a sentence

1. The youthful and youthful on the most fundamental level can glissade down the smooth stone Countenances basic Denny Rivulet’s veiling snowmelt stream

2. Mavi floats across the stage like a leaf carried by the current, stretching and flowing from one move to the next—développé and pirouette, glissade and grand jeté.