1937 O. Lang Downhill Skiing ii. 19 The straight running, or ‘schuss’, position should be very elastic.

1947 F. Smythe Again Switzerland 37 Down to the broad-backed ridge beneath..the last hundred feet in a glorious ‘schuss’.

1958 L. Whishaw As far as you'll take Me iii. 31 Jack [sc. a lorry driver] started us on another downhill schuss.

1961 Times 10 Jan. 14/7 There is then a final schuss, which will provide sufficient speed to make the bumps before the finish.

1966 M. Catto Bird on Wing iv. 62 Skis close—the whang of the wind eddying in a blast up the Schuss.

1977 C. Wood James Bond, Spy who loved Me ii. 21 He..dropped to the schuss position as soon as he began to pick up speed.

1937 O. 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.

1947 Sun (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.

1972 T. McHugh Time of Buffalo xii. 147 Within minutes we were schussing cornices.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 20 Nov. 15/1 Schussing the Italian Alps is the newcomer on many skiers' dream list.

1963 I. Fleming On Her Majesty's Secret Service xvii. 188 Bond schussed easily downwards..resting his limbs.

1969 ‘R. Petrie’ Despatch of Dove xii. 181 Would she..assume Zoë had schussed down on her own?

1973 Times 28 Sept. 36/5 Forty miles of pistes where you can schuss, trek, slalom, langlauf.

1979 N. Slater Falcon ix. 160 When he schussed down the shallower pistes, his skis were closely parallel.

1961 R. 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.

1969 ‘R. Petrie’ Despatch of Dove xii. 176 The Grand Finale will be mass schussing.

1977 Time 21 Feb. 52/2 He gave up downhill schussing, lest an accident keep him away from the boardroom, but enjoys cross-country skiing.