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Sports / Fitness / Recreation | | English term or phrase: ski cants | | Text states trail maps are also useful because they make great impromptu ski cants. I can't seem to figure out what ski cants actually are. |
| Emma RaultKudoZ activityQuestions: 140 ( 6 open) ( 5 closed without grading) Answers: 0
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| | Dutch translation:spontane / avontuurlijke omwegen | Explanation:
"Ski cants" are literally the angles at which the skis are set/adjusted relative to your knee. They always deviate from the perpendicular to some degree, so the author is being very figurative here using "ski cant" to refer to deviating from the normal (i.e. the 90 degree upright position)... or "deviating from the normal path". Elusive writing in my opinion.
Some relevant definitions:
cant
2 /kænt/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kant] Show IPA
–noun
1. a salient angle.
2. a sudden movement that tilts or overturns a thing.
3. a slanting or tilted position.
7. a sudden pitch or toss.
–verb (used with object)
11. to put in an oblique position; tilt; tip.
12. to throw with a sudden jerk.
–verb (used without object)
13. to take or have an inclined position; tilt; turn. |
| Selected response from:
 Bryan Crumpler
United States
Local time: 16:11
| Grading comment Thanks very much! That seems to make the most sense indeed.
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