telemark

From Norwegian Telemark, a county in Norway, from Old Norse Þelamǫrk, from the genitive plural case of þelir (“name of an old Germanic tribe”) + mǫrk (“borderland, march, mark, woodland”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈteːləˌmɑɹk/
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧mark

telemark (countable and uncountable, plural telemarks)

1. (uncountable, skiing) Telemark skiing, a method of skiing using the telemark turn and a binding that only connects the boot to the ski at the toes.
2. (countable, skiing) A telemark turn.
3. (countable, ski jumping) A telemark landing.

• (telemark skiing): free-heel skiing

• telemarker
• telemark skiing
• telemark turn

telemark (third-person singular simple present telemarks, present participle telemarking, simple past and past participle telemarked)

1. (skiing, intransitive) To take part in telemark skiing.
2. (skiing, intransitive) To perform a telemark turn.

• “telemark” (US) / “telemark” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

• Telemark skiing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia