glissade

noun

1. A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps.
2. A gliding step beginning and ending in a demi-plié in second position.
3. A move in some dances such as the galop.
4. A fencing move that may disarm the opponent.

verb

1. To perform a glissade.

   “Flinging himself on hands and knees he dragged the girl down with him. As he did so two of her companions came sliding down to their assistance, and the four glissaded back to the deckhouse as the following roll began.”

   “He slithers like a limbo dancer under alder thickets girding the cliff faces. Trailing diamond sprays of ice, he glissades fearlessly across snowfields that plunge into blue infinity.”