sitzmark

[sits-mahrk, zits-]

noun Skiing.

a sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier.

Origin of sitzmark

1935–40; < German, equivalent to sitz(en) to sit¹ + Mark mark¹

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British Dictionary definitions for sitzmark

sitzmark

noun

skiing a depression in the snow where a skier has fallen

Word Origin for sitzmark

German, literally: seat mark

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