step turn
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noun Skiing.
a turn in which a skier lifts one ski from the snow, faces the ski slightly outward in the direction to be turned, sets it down, and brings the other ski around so that both skis are parallel.
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Origin of step turn
First recorded in 1940–45
Words nearby step turn
stepsibling, stepsister, stepson, stepstool, steptoe, step turn, step-up, stepwise, -ster, steradian, sterco-
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