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curling

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

PronunciationUttale

køˊrling

EtymologyOpphav

av engelsk curl ‘krølle, tvinne’, om steinens rotasjon; jamfør curleto curl (a ball or a stone) from English curl ‘to curl, to twist’, referring to the rotation of the stone; compare curleto curl (a ball or a stone)

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

spill der en sender blankslipte steiner over en isflate mot et oppmerket målfelt mens en koster foran steinen for å regulere fart og retning a game in which polished stones are slid across a sheet of ice towards a marked target area while players sweep in front of the stone to control its speed and direction