glissade

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How to use glissade in a sentence

  • In Switzerland he had studied the glissade, but when one carries a heavy load to balance on a precipitous slope is difficult.

    Northwest! | Harold Bindloss
  • To shorten the return journey I was tempted to glissade down what appeared to be a snow-filled ravine, which was very steep.

    Travels in Alaska | John Muir
  • The remaining steep slopes were also descended by glissade, and we afterwards marched cheerily over the gentler inclines.

  • By means of ropes attached to these I proposed to scour the mountain along the line of the glissade.

  • The glissade lasted but a moment, nevertheless it recalled to his mind a picture which was indelibly stamped in his memory.

    The Slave Of The Lamp | Henry Seton Merriman

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