Glissade - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Glissade :  (noun)

1: (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet (verb)

1: perform a glissade, in ballet

Based on WordNet 2.0

Glissade : \Glis*sade"\, n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.] 1. A sliding, as down a snow slope.

2. A dance step consisting of a glide or slide to one side.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Glissade : \Glis`sade"\, n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.] A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps. --Tyndall.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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