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▪ I. ski, n.|skiː|
Pl. skis (now rare) ski. Also she, skee.
[c gray][a. Norw. ski (skji, sjii, also written skid) neut.:—ON. skið snow-shoe, billet of cleft wood, = OE. scíd shide n. In some Norw. dialects also skida (skjia, skjie) fem., = Sw. skida (pl. skidor):—ON. skíða. In mod.Norw. and Sw. sk before palatal vowels has the value of (ʃ[/c]).
The form skid, and the Sw. pl. skidor, have occasionally been used in English context, but have not obtained general currency.]
1. a. One of a pair of long slender pieces of wood fastened to the foot and used as a snow-shoe, enabling the wearer to slide down hill with great speed. Also fig.
The length and breadth of skis vary, but the average dimensions are eight feet long and four inches broad; they are usually pointed and curved at the toe, sometimes curved at the heel. In the 20th c., the use of skis as a means of exercise or sport has spread from Norway and Sweden to Switzerland and other places.
Quot. 1755 is an isolated early use.
α1755Monthly Rev. XII. 451 He says they have skies, or long and thin pieces of board, so smooth, that the peasants wade through the snow with them. 1885Tromholt Aurora Borealis I. 136 The Ski are pointed and slightly curved at one end, and the edges rounded. 1893Daily Graphic 28 June 13 Fourteen pairs of ash and sycamore ski of special pattern, some being 10 feet in length. 1923D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers 177 So she..goes off in slow sad leaps On the long flat skis of her legs. 1933Illustr. London News 9 Dec. 942/1 A German soldier named Schuhmacher, said to have belonged to an infantry battalion training on ski in the Bavarian Alps, was shot dead by Austrian frontier guards. 1960A. S. Neill in Id III. 4 The snow was deep and we all had to go out on skis.
β1889Montreal Daily Star Carnival No. 4/3 Snowshoes, skees, and tugues were hung about the arch in stars. 1900Westm. Gaz. 28 Aug. 2/1 Tobogganing, sleighing, and skee-ing (on long, narrow, snow-shoes called ‘skees’).
b. Each of two or three runners forming part of the landing gear of an aeroplane designed to land on snow or ice. Cf. ski-plane, sense 2 b below.
1912Flight 17 Feb. 137 (caption) Note the special skis attached for landing purposes. 1931F. D. Bradbrooke Light Aeroplane Man. vi. 96 For work on ice and snow skis are fitted to the undercarriage instead of wheels. 1948‘N. Shute’ No Highway ii. 41 They flew up in a Norseman fitted with skis and landed in deep snow. 1959Green & Pollinger World's Fighting Planes (ed. 3) 21 The Otter may be fitted with wheels, floats or skis.
c. transf. = water ski. Usu. pl.
1930Literary Digest 11 Oct. 48/3 Many games have been introduced this summer for those who walk on water with skis. 1964G. McDonald Running Scared xii. 160 Tom suggested water skiing... Tom's skis surfaced easily and beautifully. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia X. 574/3 Typical all-purpose skis are of wood 6½ inches wide and 5 feet 9 inches..long, with a stabilizing fin on the bottom near the heel.
d. A launching site for flying bombs. Freq. attrib.
1953P. C. Berg Dict. New Words (ed. 2) 146/1 Ski, the launching apparatus for the flying bomb, from its fancied resemblance to a gigantic ski. (1944.) 1957P. J. de la Ferte Rocket vi. 89 The Allied Air Forces launched a massive assault on the ramps, ski constructions and preparation huts. 1958C. B. Smith Evidence in Camera ix. 224 A launching site..which also matched up with the foundations for ramps at the ski sites... The ski buildings provided storage space for twenty flying bombs on each site. 1978R. A. Young Flying Bomb ii. 27 (caption) The left-hand ‘ski’ has not yet been roofed. Ibid. 30 When components arrived at the sites they could be most easily stored in one of the ‘ski’ buildings.
2. attrib. and Comb., as ski-climber, ski-runner; ski-excursion, ski-jumping, ski-racing, ski-running; (= ski-ing vbl. n.), as ski boot, ski-cap, ski centre, ski chalet, ski clothes, ski club, ski goggles, ski-hut, ski instructor, ski-jacket ski-lodge, ski pants, ski parka, ski-race, ski resort, ski-room, ski school, ski shop, ski slope, ski-staff, ski suit, ski track, ski trail, ski troops, ski trousers, ski-wear.
1907E. C. Richardson Ski-Running 48 In the Black Forest *ski boots are often made of dog or calf skin. 1972Guardian 31 Oct. 11/3 Ski boots are now injection-moulded plastic shells lined with foam padding.
1937Sierra Club Bull. Feb. 46 There follows, however, our usual clothing list..ski-boots and *ski-caps. 1975E. Hillary Nothing Venture, Nothing Win ii. 39, I had an icicle about five inches long hanging from the strap of my ski-cap.
1942*Ski center [see ski trail below]. 1948[see orienteering]. 1960Sunday Express 27 Nov. 15/5 On the same railway line..there are nine other ski centres.
1971Country Life 23 Dec. 1814/4 (Advt.), *Ski Chalets. Top resorts in France, Switzerland and Austria. 1975Times 2 Jan. 4/7 President Ford continued to study a report he received at his ski chalet.
1965‘J. le Carré’ Looking-Glass War i. 3 A group of children... Some wore *ski clothes.
1913F. H. Harris Dartmouth out o' Doors 104 In our own country *ski clubs are flourishing. 1963Ski-ing (‘Know the Game’ Series) 12 There are a number of ski clubs which are affiliated to the Ski Club of Great Britain.
1971C. Bonington Annapurna South Face 244 *Ski-goggles..proved ideal in bad weather conditions.
1958E. Dundy Dud Avocado i. vi. 93 Dressed for the Select as for a *ski-hut..in a checkered wool-shirt, G.I. pants and ski-boots. 1973Times 8 Jan. 5/1 The party.. had arrived back at a skihut at Abisko.
1959P. Moyes Dead Men don't Ski iv. 45 It is..traditional for *ski instructors to be handsome. 1978S. Sheldon Bloodline ii. 28 On her thirty-fifth birthday Anna had gone to Kitzbühel, in Austria, and there she had met Walther Gassner, a ski instructor thirteen years younger than she.
1968M. Woodhouse Rock Baby xxiv. 234 He was wearing a blue *ski-jacket and denim trousers.
1966― Tree Frog xii. 86 A hunting-lodge modernised to make a *ski-lodge. 1978Chicago June 36/1 Once a ski lodge, then a theatre, this rural listening room now provides one of the most relaxed settings for good pop, jazz, and folk.
1937Sierra Club Bull. Feb. 46 There follows..our usual clothing list... *Ski-pants. 1977C. Forbes Avalanche Express xxv. 267 Six men clad in ski-masks and ski-pants.
1974Amer. Speech 1970 XLV. 180 A variety of wearing apparel, such as children's clothes, men's slacks, *ski parkas and sweaters.
1936C. M. Dole Amer. Ski Ann. 53 There should be a competent course patrol for all ski races made up from the personnel of the club *ski patrols. 1973D. Francis Slay-Ride ii. 23 He used to win across-country *ski races.
1898Encycl. Sport II. 379/1 About a hundred competitors come from various parts of the country to strive for these blue ribbons of the *ski-racing world. 1975Times 19 Dec. 9/5 In ski racing..one's position in the starting order is based on one's previous results.
1965‘J. le Carré’ Looking-Glass War iii. 33 The town..feeds the main *ski resorts. 1972D. Haston In High Places vi. 72 We..tried to be as inconspicuous as four laden climbers can be in a ski resort.
1963I. Fleming On H.M. Secret Service xii. 129 There was a *ski-room and workshop to the left of the exit.
1887Appleton's Ann. Cycl. 1886 XI. 805/1 The distance covered by an expert *skee-runner is from fifty to sixty miles a day. 1888Times 16 Nov. 10/1 At a concourse in Christiania he became champion ski-runner.
1854Latham Native Races Russ. Emp. 84 The most characteristic..of their habits..is what we may call by a name coined for the occasion—*she-running. 1911A. Bennett Card xi. 273 No sport was true sport save the sport of ski-running. 1969H. MacInnes Salzburg Connection ii. 37 We have no ski lift here..no special slopes. But there is good ski-running. That is the best sport anyway... Let me show you on this map... You can ski for thirty kilometres.
1934Leisure Jan. 23 This run..will probably be used by the official *Ski School of the U.S. Eastern Amateur Ski Association. 1954R. Martin Your Ski Holiday vi. 44 Some people nowadays go to one of the ‘dry ski schools’ which are being set up in several of the large towns of England. 1980J. Cartwright Horse of Darius iii. 42 She..made her way along to the office of the ski school.
1969H. MacInnes Salzburg Connection viii. 114 Just beyond Bad Aussee..where Johann Kronsteiner has his *ski-shop.
1934Discovery Oct. 297/2 (caption) The new ‘tower-hotels’ at Colle di Sestrières in the Italian Alps, with a background of *ski-slopes. 1976A. White Long Silence xi. 104 A fall of snow at the wrong time can start an avalanche on the ski slopes.
1896Idler Mar. 307/2 He thrust out his *ski staff and tripped up his companion.
1956R. Braddon Nancy Wake vi. 55 She accordingly bought herself a new *ski suit. 1978J. A. Michener Chesapeake 809 They walked together, bundled in ski suits, to all corners of their estate.
1948H. Innes Blue Ice vii. 194 Three *ski tracks ran off at an angle, crossing the tracks we were following. 1975D. Bagley Snow Tiger xxxii. 281 Here is an enlargement of the breakaway point of the avalanche. There is a ski track going into it.
1942Economic Geogr. July 318/2 Lack of overnight accommodations, or their location at inconvenient distances from the *ski trails and slopes, has, and will, retard the popularity of many otherwise excellent ski centers. 1973P. A. Whitney Snowfire vi. 108 The immediate problem of getting myself down a ski trail without breaking my neck.
1934S. Spender Vienna iii. 32 Like diving mono⁓planes..curled down on them the *ski-troops. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVI. 835/1 Ski troops were..used in Sweden as early as 1452.
1946P. Bottome Lifeline vii. 71 Ida, dressed in long *ski trousers and a black pullover. 1969N. Freeling Tsing-Boum xxii. 158 Tight black ski trousers and excessively brilliant orange sweater.
1961Sports & Camping Goods Dealer Nov. 9/1 Big demand for *Ski-wear... Sales of skiwear continue to rise. 1980L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 152/2 The latest and most expensive skiwear and equipment.
b. Special Combs. ski-boat, (a) S. Afr., a raftlike boat with two outboard motors used esp. for offshore fishing; (b) a small powerboat used for towing water-skiers; ski-bob [bob n.1 2 d, e], a vehicle resembling a bicycle with skis instead of wheels, which slides quickly over snow; hence as v. intr., to ride a ski-bob; ski-bobber, one who ski-bobs; ski-bobbing vbl. n., the action of riding a ski-bob, esp. as a sport; ski bum N. Amer. slang, a skiing enthusiast who works casually at a resort in order to ski; hence ski bumming; ski carrier = ski rack below; ski flying (see quot. 1974); skijamas N. Amer., a pair of pyjamas in the style of a ski suit; ski-jump, (a) the artificial structure built on a natural slope, from which a ski-jumper takes off; also transf. and fig.; (b) a leap made by a ski-jumper; ski-jumper, one who takes part in ski-jumping; ski-jumping, a winter sport in which skiers ‘jump’ from the end of a snow-covered chute built high on a slope, marks being usu. awarded for style and distance covered by the leap; also, this action; ski-lift: see lift n.2 10 b; ski-mask, a protective covering for the face, of the type worn by skiers (and adopted by others to conceal identity); hence ski-masked a.; ski pack, an arrangement whereby a tour company offers holiday facilities and the hire of skiing equipment at one inclusive price; ski patrol N. Amer., a group of expert skiers who patrol ski slopes to check on conditions and assist skiers in difficulties; hence ski patrolman, a member of a ski patrol; ski-plane, an aeroplane having its undercarriage fitted with skis (sense 1 b above) for landing on snow or ice; ski pole U.S. = ski stick below; ski rack, a frame (usu. fixed to the roof of a car) on which skis are placed for transportation; ski ramp, a ramp constructed for skiing practice; also transf.; ski run, (a) a spell of travelling on skis; (b) a skiing piste; ski stick, one of two long sticks held by a skier to assist in propulsion or braking and in balancing; ski tour, a tour made by cross-country skiing; hence ski-tourer, ski-touring; ski tow, (a) a mechanical device for conveying skiers up a slope, in the form of an endless moving rope or of bars or seats suspended from an overhead cable; (b) a tow-rope for water-skiers; hence ski-tow v. trans., to pull with a ski tow; ski-walking, cross-country skiing (cf. Nordic a. b); so ski-walk v. trans., to travel over by ski-walking; ski-wax, wax applied to the undersides of skis to improve performance; ski-wheel, on the undercarriage of an aircraft: a combination of ski and wheel (see quots.); hence ski-wheeled a., having a ski-wheel landing gear.
1964A. Trew Smoke Island ii. 43 José brought the *ski⁓boat round and Andy recovered some of the lost line as he scrambled into the fighting-chair. 1971‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Doctor Bird viii. 103 The holidaymakers..hissing past.. in the ski boat. 1974Argus (Cape Town) 2 Aug. 11/4 Many of the ski-boats operating in that area had 60, 80 or 100 snoek.
1966Skier Sept. 7/1, 1962: I became German and Bavarian Women's *ski-bob Champion. 1968Guardian 21 Sept. 10/3 The ski-bob is a small bicycle on skis with short skis for the feet with braking claws on them. 1969Winter Sports Ann. 20/1 One can learn to ski⁓bob very quickly. 1976Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 6 Aug. 6/2 A ski-bob can exceed speeds of 80mph on a steep, straight run. Ibid. 6/3 Captain John Beckett..who once taught a lady journalist to ski-bob in one-and-a-half hours.
1967*Ski bobber [see mini-ski s.v. mini-]. 1976Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 6 Aug. 6/1 Ski-bobbers are now eligible for grants from the National Council for Physical Recreation.
1966Skier Sept. 6/2 *Ski-bobbing has come a long way since those first laughing days. 1971Daily Tel. 30 Jan. 7/5 Ski-bobbing (not yet so popular in France as elsewhere, but rapidly catching on). 1976Ibid. (Colour Suppl.) 6 Aug. 6/1 In 1971, the Army included ski⁓bobbing in their own skiing championships.
1960Washington Post 4 Mar. c5/3 John Kerr..is firmly settled in the picturesque ex-mining town of Aspen, Colo., and happily pursuing one of the world's newest professions—ski bumming... By *ski bum standards, John Kerr has struck it rich. 1978N.Y. Times 16 Jan. c8/1 (headline) Ski-bum shortage shakes the resorts. 1978S. Sheldon Bloodline ii. 34 ‘What can a ski bum contribute to Roffe and Sons?’ he asked.
1965‘D. Shannon’ Death-Bringers xiv. 187 It was the right Anglia. It had ski *carriers on its roof. 1970Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 32/7 (Advt.), 100 Accessories..from ski carriers to repair bases, we have them all at spectacular savings.
1952Sun (Baltimore) 3 Mar. (B ed.) 15/7 Toivo Lauren..won the international ‘*ski-flying’ contest today with a jump of approximately 429 feet 9 inches. 1974R. Scharff Ski Magazine's Encycl. Skiing 420/2 Ski flying, a form of jumping on hills where distances of 100 meters or more can be reached.
1958L. Whishaw As Far as you'll take Me vii. 104, I..then, dressed in my *skijamas, ate my dinner in peace. 1964N.Y. Times 29 Nov. 132 Reis ‘ski-jamas’ are set for winter slumber.
1907E. C. Richardson Ski-Running 89 The outlook from the top of a *ski-jump of any magnitude is indeed alarming. 1922E. E. Cummings Enormous Room i. 18 A face all ski-jumps and toboggan slides. 1948H. Innes Blue Ice x. 250 He was going to do a ski jump..on to the top of the moving train. 1953X. Fielding Stronghold 42 At last I reached a scree, as long and steep as a ski-jump. 1960C. H. Gibbs-Smith Aeroplane 3/5 A later illustration shows a long ‘ski⁓jump’ ramp. 1971L. Koppett N.Y. Times Guide Spectator Sports xvi. 222 One of the most spectacular sights in any sport is the ski jump. 1978Navy News Aug. 40/4 The invention of the Ski Jump take-off ramp to be fitted in Royal Navy ships carrying Harrier aircraft has won an award of {pstlg}25,000.
1894Engineering News 1 Mar. 169/3 *Ski-jumpers..have for some time been holding tournaments in Minnesota. 1981‘E. Lathen’ Going for Gold i. 15 People..were taking up stations from which they could watch the last of the ski jumpers.
1904Sandow's Mag. Mar. 200 (caption) A *ski-jumping competition. 1927A. Huxley Let. 14 Feb. (1969) 283 We had an international ski jumping competition here last week. 1960Guardian 8 Dec. 10/6 In 1950 and 1951 there was ski jumping..on Hampstead Heath. 1973Country Life 29 Nov. 1807 Ski-jumping and cross-country (lang⁓lauf) racing.
1973‘D. Shannon’ No Holiday for Crime xiv. 208 It had been a professional job: *ski-masks, a look⁓out at the door. 1980J. Ball Then came Violence xiii. 103 Since ski masks had been used..there were no descriptions.
1976Time 20 Dec. 7/2 Graziella Quartuccio, 43, was snatched away in her nightgown..by a machine-gun-toting gang of *ski-masked Mafiosi.
1969Guardian 11 Oct. 10/6 See which holidays give the best value in terms of *ski packs.
1936C. M. Dole Amer. Ski Ann. 52 A definite organization is necessary. The *Ski Patrol has been suggested..and..has been instituted in one locality. 1963Amer. Speech XXXVIII. 204 The warning signs erected in ski areas by the ski patrol. 1978Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 Feb. 31/1 The Canadian Ski Patrol system is again this season doing on-the-slopes testing of bindings for skiers.
1957Today's Health Jan. 54/3 Two *ski patrolmen..lashed their skis together to make an emergency toboggan.
1930O. H. Kneen Everyman's Bk. Flying xiii. 231 The Fairchild Airplane Company and others use the term *ski-plane for Canadian machines, convertible to seaplanes in the summer. 1936J. Grierson High Failure xiii. 281 For Canadian conditions the most useful machines are seaplanes in summer and ski-planes in winter. 1964G. Lyall Most Dangerous Game xxi. 172, I came in from Spitzbergen, in an old Noorduyn Norseman ski-plane. 1975E. Hillary Nothing Venture, Nothing Win vi. 82 Access to the mountains is often long and difficult—or used to be before the development of ski-planes and helicopters.
1920Literary Digest 14 Feb. 115, I need not describe these poles to you, as any dealer will know what you mean by *ski-poles. 1978W. F. Buckley Stained Glass xv. 155 The accordion player, without ski poles, and making music all the way, began the three-mile ski down the mountain.
1968Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Feb. 26/8 (Advt.), 67 Austin Cooper, tachometer, *ski rack. 1980L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 204/2 In the winter, the car is heading north, topped with a ski rack.
1973Houston Post (Spotlight Suppl.) 14 Oct. 9/5 The fair is free, including hourly ski demonstrations by Ed Williams on a *ski ramp. 1976Southern Even. Echo (Southampton) 11 Nov. 17/2 Ships with ‘ski-ramps’ at the bow for the launching jump-jet aircraft were forecast by the chief designer of the Harrier at Southampton University last night.
1924O. Poulsen Skiing 72 It is on one of these long *ski-runs alone that a man can think out his problems best. 1951M. Kennedy Lucy Carmichael V. iii. 222 The next few seconds had been as good as a first class ski run. 1953Dylan Thomas Let. 27 Feb. (1966) 395 We could go anywhere on that, except Laughlin's heart and ski-run. 1977N. Freeling Gadget ii. 92 The climb..was steep as a downhill ski-run.
1907E. C. Richardson Ski-Running 46 (caption) Disc for bottom of *ski stick. 1924E. Hemingway in Transatlantic Rev. Dec. 635 Nick knocked his clamps loose with one of his ski sticks. 1970N. Fleming Czech Point (1971) i. 7, I hooked my skisticks on to the T-bar.
1949E. Coxhead Wind in West vii. 180 Ilse knew..nothing of nature except what she could see from a *ski-tour.
1972Guardian 11 Mar. 13/1 The standard yardstick for these *ski-tourers and ski-mountaineers has been..a mountain obstacle race between..Chamonix, and Zermatt.
1960Ibid. 24 Oct. 11/4 In Scotland..after April only high-level *ski-touring is possible. 1972Dean & Smith Wisconsin 161/1 Call it ski touring, Nordic skiing,..or simply X-C, but it all boils down to the same thing—the art of walking on skis.
1942Economic Geogr. July 307/2 The invention of the *ski tow at about this time..gave great impetus to the growing interest in skiing. 1967Spectator 15 Sept. 301/1 One laird explained his resistance..to..building a ski tow in the snowy heights he owned—by saying simply, ‘Look what happened to Switzerland.’ 1971J. Yardley Kiss a Day vii. 121 He..trailed the ski-tow over the side for her to catch. Five minutes later they were cutting a white wake across the lagoon. 1976P. Cave High Flying Birds iii. 28 Ski-towing a hang-glider is reckoned on being a pretty dangerous sport at the best of times.
1970R. Lowell Notebk. 148 We *ski-walked the eggshell at the Mittersill. 1974Observer 3 Nov. 34/2 The age-old Nordic ski-ing that is both easier to learn and cheaper to enjoy. Essentially it is walking, or running, on skis over undulating country side... Ski-walking, Nordic ski-ing, Skiwandern, ski de vandonnée, Ski du fond, Langlauf—the variety of names given to the sport perhaps causes confusion.
1910W. R. Rickmers Ski-ing 35 *Ski-wax can be obtained hard or in tubes. 1979R. Fiennes Hell on Ice v. 68, I needed feeling in my fingers to..feel for my map, change the ski-wax and many other things.
1938C. Winchester Wonders of World Aviation 979/2 It sometimes happens that flights to the northern parts of Canada necessitate a take-off fit only for wheels and a destination with ground fit only for skis. This indicates that there is a need for a *ski-wheel combination. 1958Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. 24 June iii. 17/8 A pilot on ski-wheels who runs into trouble will pick a lake or river, set down parallel to the shore, and ski neatly up onto the beach before his aircraft loses its forward momentum and sinks. 1976Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXIV. 634/2 Two ski-wheeled de Havilland Twin Otter aircraft are operational in the Antarctic between November and March.
▸ ski bunny n.perhaps after German regional (south. and Austria) Skihaserl female skier (lit. ‘little ski hare’) N. Amer. slang = snow bunny n. at snow n.1 Compounds 3a.
1952N.Y. Times 16 Nov. x. 27 (advt.) A ski tow for the *ski-bunnies. 1978Washington Post 24 Feb. (Weekend section) 32/1, I can't even make it as a ski bunny. By the time I pile on layers of long johns, insulated pants, sweaters, mufflers, arctic jacket and hat, not to mention facemask, goggles and mittens, it's not even clear what sex I am. 1997New Yorker 10 Mar. 100/1 Arrive to find child physically intact but hyperventilatingly adamant that he will not remain another minute in Ski Bunny program. 2000InStyle (Electronic ed.) Nov. 155 Call it cozy chic—shearling tops, dramatic fur collars, leather pants, quilted coats and high-heeled boots are all so sexy you'll feel like a ski bunny without ever setting foot on the slopes.
▪ II. ski, v.
[f. the n.]
1. intr. To travel on skis.
[1893Implied in ski-ing vbl. n. 1.] 1904Times 4 Mar. 9/2 They skied down to Chamonix.
b. To water-ski.
1947Life 17 Feb. 7/3 Lumber dealers..have seen pictures of her skiing among the cypresses and want to know how they can purchase the trees. 1956Peterson & Fisher Wild Amer. ix. 101 A girl came by at breakneck speed on one water ski,..then three daredevil young men..skied up and jumped over an inclined platform. 1970‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird viii. 130 ‘Does Louie ski?’ He swooped away, the spray flying.
2. trans. To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to ski at (a place).
1973P. A. Whitney Snowfire xii. 236 It's easier to ski a steep slope than a gentle one. 1980Sunday Times 21 Sept. 8 Ski the top resorts in Europe..and now the U.S.A. |