ski-joringn.
/skiːˈdʒɔːrɪŋ/ A winter sport in which a skier is pulled over the snow by a horse or horses (or by a motorized vehicle).
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cross-country1905
telemarking1905
ski-joring1920
downhill1926
langlauf1927
giant slalom1937
ski-touring1960
schussbooming1961
grass skiing1964
X-C (or XC) skiing1972
heli-skiing1974
ski-walking1974
randonnée1977
sit-skiing1981
off-piste1986
snowblading1993
1920 Punch 17 Mar. 204/1 Skating, sliding, curling and yodelling in the intervals of ski-ing, skijoring, skilacking and skihandlung.
1927 Sunday Times 13 Feb. 17/2 In the skijoring races on the Lake,..the well-known Swiss hockey player fell.
1927 Observer 18 Dec. 9/4 This fun may be taken to include ski-ing, luge-ing, skating, ski-joring, and trailing by day.
1946 G. Stimpson Bk. about Thousand Things 473 The winter sport in which a person on skis is drawn over the snow or ice by a horse is called skijoring.
1963 Guardian 13 Feb. 13/3 Every type of winter sport..skating, skijöring, bob-sledding.
1980 G. M. Fraser Mr American xvi. 296 Ski-joring..is when you have horses to pull you along on skis.
Derivatives
ski-ˈjorer n. a skier who engages in ski-joring.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > skier > types of
ski-jorer1936
ski bunny1952
snow bunny1953
alpinist1957
roller skier1957
schussboomer1959
sit-skier1981
heli-skier1983
snowblader1997
1936 ‘F. Beeding’ Nine Waxed Faces 193 Then..I led it back to where Granby was bending over the skijörer.
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