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Snow skis

Scope note

Long, slender boardlike devices attached to specially designed boots and used for gliding over snow; known for over 5000 years and originally of animal bone secured directly to footwear, now made of various hard, durable materials and with a taper and upturned forward tip.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000230122

Term used for

ski, snow
skis
skis, snow

Equivalent Terms used

snow ski

Created

12yrs ago

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