telemarkingn.
/ˈtɛlᵻmɑːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌmɑrkɪŋ/ Skiing.
A style of (esp. off-piste) skiing characterized by the use of equipment which enables the heel to be lifted so that telemark turns may be made; the action of skiing in this style; the making of telemark turns. Cf. telemark n. 1.
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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
1905 D. M. M. C. Somerville et al. Ski-running (ed. 2) 82 Though we practised the ‘Christiania’ years ago in Norway, we never there heard it called by any other name than ‘Telemarking’.
1977 Independent Record (Helena, Montana) 30 Dec. 4 a/4 There are..many exposed hillsides to practice telemarking.
1992 Harpers & Queen Nov. 197/1 The ski school teaches snowboarding and Telemarking.
2006 Our Canada Apr. 18/1 Some of the best backcountry telemarking anywhere can be found here.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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