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avalement

avalement noun: a technique of flexing the knees while skiing.

Noun

avalement (usually uncountable, plural avalements)

  1. (usually) A technique of flexing the knees while skiing.
    • 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.1995, Martin Heckelman, The New Guide to Skiing, page 109

Forms of avalement

pluralavalements

Origin of avalement

From French avalement, from avaler.

Questions about avalement

What does avalement mean?
Avalement means a technique of flexing the knees while skiing.
What part of speech is avalement?
Avalement is a noun.
What is the plural of avalement?
The plural of avalement is avalements.

Words near avalement in the dictionary

  1. avalanching
  2. avaldar
  3. avaldars
  4. avale
  5. avaled
  6. avalement
  7. avalements
  8. avalent
  9. avales
  10. avalglucosidase alfa
  11. avaling

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