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sitzmark

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sitz⋅mark

  [sits-mahrk, zits-]
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–noun Skiing.
a sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier.
Origin:
1935–40; < G, equiv. to sitz(en) to sit 1 + Mark mark 1
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sitz·mark   (sĭt'smärk', zĭt'-)   
n.  A hollow made in the snow by a skier who has fallen backward.

[Partial translation of German Sitzmarke : Sitz, act of sitting; see sitz bath + Marke, mark.]
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