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▪ I. ‖ schuss, n. Skiing.|ʃʊs|
[G., lit. ‘a shot’.]
A straight, downhill run; the slope on which such a run is executed. Also transf. and attrib.
1937O. Lang Downhill Skiing ii. 19 The straight running, or ‘schuss’, position should be very elastic. 1947F. A. Smythe Again Switzerland 37 Down to the broad-backed ridge beneath..the last hundred feet in a glorious ‘schuss’. 1958L. Whishaw As Far as you'll take Me iii. 31 Jack [sc. a lorry driver] started us on another downhill schuss. 1961Times 10 Jan. 14/7 There is then a final schuss, which will provide sufficient speed to make the bumps before the finish. 1966M. Catto Bird on Wing iv. 62 Skis close—the whang of the wind eddying in a blast up the Schuss. 1977C. Wood James Bond ii. 21 He..dropped to the schuss position as soon as he began to pick up speed.
▪ II. ‖ schuss, v. Skiing.
[f. prec.]
1. trans. To ski down (a slope, etc.) or cover (a certain distance) by means of a schuss.
1937O. Lang Downhill Skiing v. 27 In practice you will find that it is impossible to take everything ‘straight’ or to ‘schuss’ it as we express it. 1947Sun (Baltimore) 28 Mar. 13/3 In April, 1939, in the annual ‘inferno’ races from the summit, Toni ‘schussed’ 3.8 miles with a vertical drop of 4,300 feet in 6½ minutes. 1972T. McHugh Time of Buffalo xii. 147 Within minutes we were schussing cornices. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 20 Nov. 15/1 Schussing the Italian Alps is the newcomer on many skiers' dream list.
2. intr. To effect a schuss; to ski downhill. Also with down.
1963I. Fleming On H.M. Secret Service xvii. 188 Bond schussed easily downwards..resting his limbs. 1969R. Petrie Despatch of Dove xii. 181 Would she..assume Zoë had schussed down on her own? 1973Times 28 Sept. 36/5 Forty miles of pistes where you can schuss, trek, slalom, langlauf. 1979N. Slater Falcon ix. 160 When he schussed down the shallower pistes, his skis were closely parallel.
Hence ˈschussing vbl. n., the action of the vb.
1961R. Skepper Tackle Ski-ing this Way vi. 74 Schussing is probably where the pleasure skier and the racer come into closest contact. Everybody enjoys trying a schuss. 1969R. Petrie Despatch of Dove xii. 176 The Grand Finale will be mass schussing. 1977Time 21 Feb. 52/2 He gave up downhill schussing, lest an accident keep him away from the boardroom, but enjoys cross-country skiing. |