avalement
English edit
Etymology edit
From French avalement, from avaler.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
avalement (usually uncountable, plural avalements)
- (skiing) A technique of flexing the knees while skiing.
- 1995, Martin Heckelman, The New Guide to Skiing, page 109:
- On the same slope, choose a steeper traverse track on a short mogul field that passes over a series of small moguls, and repeat the avalement movements.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From avaler (“to swallow”) + -ment.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
avalement m (plural avalements)
- (dated) descent; lowering
- act of swallowing
- (skiing) avalement
Further reading edit
- “avalement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.