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Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Skiing | | French term or phrase: godilles | Hello,
This is a skiing term and comes from a website for a company providing sports holidays for young adults. I'm sure it's very common, but am not familiar with the field and not sure how it should be translated:
. Vous enchaînez godilles et grandes courbes quel que soit le terrain.
thanks,
Anne |
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| | wedelling | Explanation:
I know this! It's when you decsend with aseries of impressive and elegant short wiggles!
wedelling - definition of wedelling by the Free Online Dictionary ...
intr.v. we·deled, we·del·ling, we·dels. To ski on snow by means of wedeln. [Back-formation from wedeln.] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms ...
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Wedelling Definition | Definition of Wedelling at Dictionary.com
(vād'l) intr.v. we·deled, we·del·ling, we·dels. To ski on snow by means of wedeln. [Back-formation from wedeln.] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the ...
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wedelling - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus
"wedelling" is a present participle form of "wedel": to ski, alternating directions - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus.
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Local time: 20:08
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Anne
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18 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 wedelling
Explanation:
I know this! It's when you decsend with aseries of impressive and elegant short wiggles!
wedelling - definition of wedelling by the Free Online Dictionary ...
intr.v. we·deled, we·del·ling, we·dels. To ski on snow by means of wedeln. [Back-formation from wedeln.] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/wedelling - Cached
Wedelling Definition | Definition of Wedelling at Dictionary.com
(vād'l) intr.v. we·deled, we·del·ling, we·dels. To ski on snow by means of wedeln. [Back-formation from wedeln.] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the ...
dictionary.reference.com/browse/wedelling?qsrc=2446 - Cached
Wedelling definitions and example sentences on Wordnik
Wedelling definitions and sentences on Wordnik. ... Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web. wedelling elsewhere on the web: ...
www.wordnik.com/words/wedelling - Cached
Wedelling discussion, citations, comments and usage notes on Wordnik
wedelling discussion, citations, comments and usage notes on Wordnik.
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wedelling - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus
"wedelling" is a present participle form of "wedel": to ski, alternating directions - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus.
www.memidex.com/wedelling
wedelling - Spelling of wedelling from Cambridge Dictionary Online ...
Spelling words for 'wedelling' from Cambridge Dictionaries Online, the free English dictionary, thesaurus and word of the day from Cambridge University ...
dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?dict=A...wedelling
| Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:08
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 16
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| | Grading comment Thanks for your help,
Anne |
| Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks! I had a picture of it in my mind but no idea of the term.
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18 mins confidence: wedels
Explanation:
Personally I'm only familiar with the French term for this series of tight curves (from the waist down) as you ski in a straight line, top half of the body immobile. But it appears that outre Atlantique at least they use a derivative of the German term wedeln.
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wedel intr.v. , -deled , -delling , -dels . To ski on snow by means of wedeln. [Back-formation from WEDELN.
www.answers.com/topic/wedel
In German, "wedel" is the verb and "wedeln" the noun. Because "wedeln" is hard for the English speaker to pronounce, ...
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wedeln n.
from wedeln "to wag": a skiing technique first developed in Austria in the 1950s that consists of high-speed turns made in succession with both skis parallel while not noticeably setting the ski edges on a slope. Using this technique one's rear end wags like a dog's tail [< German wedeln "to wag (the tail), fan" < Middle High German wadelen, wedelen < wadel, wedel "fan, tuft of hair" < Old High German wadal, wedil].
• "Then, between bouts with tomato sauce, cheese and toppings, he was yodeling and wedeln-ing his way down the slopes." Jay Lloyd, "Getting job at ski area can help you get more time on the slopes", Lancaster (PA) Sunday News, Dec. 19, 1999.
http://germanenglishwords.com/rlgw.htm
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