avalement

noun

avale·​ment

ȧvȧl(ə)mäⁿ

plural -s

: the technique of allowing the knees to flex and thus absorb bumps when skiing and turning at high speed so that the skis will remain in constant contact with the snow

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, swallowing, from avaler to lower, swallow, from Middle French

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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