monoski
English
noun
Definitions
- A variant of a downhill skiing/alpine skiing ski, that is very wide, allowing for both right and left ski boots to the attached to the same ski, with a doubled-up set of bindings, placed side-by-side. It has the appearance of an extremely wide ski or narrow alpine snowboard, though with binding mounting locations similar to that of a regular ski.
- A type of sitski with a single ski, used by wheelchair-bound skiers in downhill skiing and para-alpine. It is paired with outriggers, ski poles that have skis attached to the bottom, instead of the pick/spike, to function as outrigger runners for the skier sitting in the monoski.
Etymology
Prefix from English ski.
Origin
English
ski
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- biski English
- dualski English
- heliski English
- hydroski English
- jetski English
- miniski English
- monoskier English
- nonski English
- outski English
- sit-ski English
- sitski English
- ski English
- ski-through English
- ski-thru English
- skiability English
- skiable English
- skiathlon English
- skiathon English
- skibike English
- skiboard English
- skicross English
- skier English
- skifield English
- skiless English
- skilike English
- skimobile English
- skiplane English
- skister English
- skiwear English
- skiïng English
- uniski English
- *skīdą Proto-Germanic
- スキー Japanese
- скија Serbo-Croatian
- สกี Thai
- ski Norwegian