parapenting

parapenting
parapenting /parˈə-pen-ting or -pãt-ing/
noun
A cross between hang-gliding and parachuting, a sport in which the participant jumps from a high place wearing a modified type of parachute, which is then used as a hang-glider
ORIGIN:para-2 and Fr pent slope

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