- pole riding
- noun
: the action or an instance of reducing speed on a slope by weighting one's ski poles
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
pole riding
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Pole — may refer to:Cylindrical object*A solid cylindrical object with length greater than its diameter e.g: **Barber s pole, advertising a barber shop **Danish pole, a circus prop **Firemen s pole, a wooden pole or a metal tube or pipe installed… … Wikipedia
Pole bending — Western riding Timed events Barrel race Pole bending Stake race (Figure 8) Keyhole race Flag race Pole bending is timed event that feat … Wikipedia
Riding the Stang — A *New Year s Day custom, apparently unique to the Cumberland, Westmorland, Yorkshire area. A band of people, armed with stangs (poles) and baskets took to the streets and accosted any stranger they met and subjected him to be mounted across… … A Dictionary of English folklore
riding skimmington — A mock ceremony for shaming conjugal seducers, once common in parts of England. The usual practice was to place effigies of the persons on a pole, in a cart or on a donkey and carry them through the public streets amid the jeers of the populace.… … Ballentine's law dictionary
William de la Pole (der Jüngere) — Sir William de la Pole (of Hull) († 1366) war ein wohlhabender Kaufmann aus Kingston upon Hull und Ravenser Odd, ein Bankier des Königs und späterer Baron. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Nachkommen 3 Einzelnachweise 4 Literatur … Deutsch Wikipedia
William de la Pole (of Hull) — Sir William de la Pole (of Hull) († 1366) war ein wohlhabender Kaufmann aus Kingston upon Hull und Ravenser Odd, ein Bankier des Königs und späterer Baron. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Nachkommen 3 Einzelnachweise … Deutsch Wikipedia
William de la Pole der Jüngere — Sir William de la Pole (of Hull) († 1366) war ein wohlhabender Kaufmann aus Kingston upon Hull und Ravenser Odd, ein Bankier des Königs und späterer Baron. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Nachkommen 3 Einzelnachweise 4 Literatur … Deutsch Wikipedia
Emperor of the North Pole — Infobox Film | name =Emperor of the North image size= 175px caption = original film poster director = Robert Aldrich producer = Kenneth Hyman Stan Hough writer = Christopher Knopf starring = Lee Marvin Ernest Borgnine Keith Carradine music =… … Wikipedia
Sheer pole — Sheer Sheer, n. 1. (Naut.) (a) The longitudinal upward curvature of the deck, gunwale, and lines of a vessel, as when viewed from the side. (b) The position of a vessel riding at single anchor and swinging clear of it. [1913 Webster] 2. A turn or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Corby Pole Fair — Held in Corby, Northamptonshire, on Whit Monday, the fair claims to have been founded by charter of Queen Elizabeth I in 1585, in gratitude for an incident in which locals rescued her from a nearby bog into which she had somehow wandered.… … A Dictionary of English folklore
