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  • geländesprung
    geländesprung
    noun
    a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
  • Geländesprung
    Geländesprung
    noun
    skiing a jump made in downhill skiing, usually over an obstacle
Synonyms

geländesprung

American  
[guh-len-duh-sproong, guh-len-duh-shproong] / gəˈlɛn dəˌsprʊŋ, gəˈlɛn dəˌʃprʊŋ /

noun

Skiing.
  1. a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.


Geländesprung British  
/ ɡəˈlɛndəˌʃprʊŋ, ɡəˈlɛndə- /

noun

  1. skiing a jump made in downhill skiing, usually over an obstacle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of geländesprung

1930–35; < German, equivalent to Gelände countryside + Sprung jump


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