GLISSADE

I. intransitive verb (~d; glissading) Etymology: French, noun, slide, ~, from glisser to slide, from Old French glicier, alteration of glier, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German glītan to glide Date: 1837 to perform a ballet ~, to slide in a standing or squatting position down a snow-covered slope without the aid of skis, ~r noun II. noun Date: 1843 a gliding step in ballet, the action of glissading