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Sal⋅chow

  [sal-kou]
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–noun Ice Skating.
a jump in which the skater leaps from the back inside edge of one skate, making one full rotation of the body in the air, and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate.
Origin:
1920–25; after Ulrich Salchow (1877–1949), Swedish figure skater, who first performed it
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sal·chow   (sāl'kou')   
n.  A move in figure skating in which the skater jumps from one skate, completes a full rotation, and lands on the other skate.

[After Ulrich Salchow (1877-1949), Swedish figure skater.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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