Glissade

Glis*sade" (?), n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.] 1. A sliding, as down a snow slope.

2. A dance step consisting of a glide or slide to one side.

||Glis`sade" (?), n. [F., fr. glisser to slip.] A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps. Tyndall.