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sliding

/ˈslaɪdɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. The motion of something that slides.
  2. skeleton (winter sport)

Plural slidings

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Then she swayed, lost her balance, stumbled, staggered, and fell, sliding down over the sun-baked roof and crashing off it through the tangle of Virginia creeper beneath--all before the dismayed circle below could give a simultaneous, terrified shriek.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 175 · C1
An instant afterwards he hastily drew back his head, saying, “I thought so!” and sliding from the shoulders of Dantès as dextrously as he had ascended, he nimbly leaped from the table to the ground.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 142 · C1
He dived his arm down to the bottom of the chest, and brought up a small wooden box with a sliding lid, such as children’s toys are kept in.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 3 · B2
Presently we heard the sound of sliding boards, and an instant later a square had opened in the planks.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 91 · B2

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