parapenten.
/ˈparəpɒnt/, /ˌparəˈpɒ̃t/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌpɑnt/ The activity or sport of gliding by means of an aerofoil parachute launched from high ground; paragliding, esp. in mountainous regions. Also: the parachute used for this purpose; a paraglider.
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1987 Sunday Tel. 28 June (Colour Suppl.) 32/1 Never mind the babble over what to call the thing. A parapente rhymes with ‘la plume de ma tante’ and is the same as a British paraglider. It's the fertile hybrid of a parachute and a hang-glider. But unlike hang-gliding, the parapente demands little physical strength and only a modicum of daring... Parapente is so new as a sport in Europe that no official rules have yet evolved for competition.
1995 Independent on Sunday 13 Aug. (Review Suppl.) 51/1 The same warning applies to parapente, the Alpine version of paragliding.
2002 Dominion (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 31 July 12 (caption) Nicola Collins's recovery is going well, a year after she fell from a parapente harness in Queenstown.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
parapentev.
/ˈparəpɒnt/, /ˌparəˈpɒ̃t/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌpɑnt/ intransitive. To use a parapente, to engage in the sport of parapenting; to paraglide.
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1989 Chicago Tribune 8 Feb. 29 c/1 Climbing Everest may be humdrum to elite mountaineers, for instance, but parapenting off its top is definitely the cutting edge.
1995 Beautiful Brit. Columbia Summer 41 34-year-old Peter Chzanowski, also on skis, parapented off one of the mountain's high hanging glaciers 2,000 metres to the waiting helicopters below.
2002 Guardian (Nexis) 29 June 8 If you don't want to parapente every day, you can enjoy the scenic walks and treks, mountain biking, rock climbing, and fly fishing.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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