langlaufs

Noun

langlauf (countable and uncountable, plural langlaufs)

1. (uncountable) Cross-country skiing.
   • Horn's job was to push me down the steepest parts of the langlauf course in the pious hope that a few heavy falls would teach me more respect for Norwegian langlaufs.1948, Arnold Lunn, Mountains of Memory, page 204
2. (countable) A langlauf run; a trip cross-country skiing.
   • There, overcome by the view and a sense of pure delight, one loses the last vestige of human reason, binds planks to one's feet and rushes downward, over wind-crust and powdered snow, over icy ridges and drifted fences, with jumps, turns, traverses, langlaufs and schuss-runs into the valley.1935, Erich Kästner, Three Men in the Snow: A Story, page 55

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