Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A recreational aircraft consisting of a large parafoil equipped with a harness from which a rider hangs while gliding from a height.
- noun One who engages in paragliding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
paraglides . - noun A lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched
glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure, wherein thepilot sits in a harness suspended below a hollow fabricwing whose shape is formed by its suspension lines, the pressure of air entering vents in the front of the wing and the aerodynamic forces of the air flowing over the outside.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Mr. Rogallo's invention, now called the paraglider, was seen as a way to bring space capsules back to earth with more precision than a traditional parachute allows.
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Just then, like some silent, colorful, prehistoric pterodactyl, a paraglider floated into view and soared twenty feet directly over my head.
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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I ran down the dune and began my walk along the shore, glancing up now and then to watch the figure of the paraglider drift beyond me down the dune line, then turn and glide in the opposite direction.
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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Just then, like some silent, colorful, prehistoric pterodactyl, a paraglider floated into view and soared twenty feet directly over my head.
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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Months later I realized that for a paraglider to turn down any chance to fly, after having driven most of the morning to get to a site, was pretty extraordinary.
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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I ran down the dune and began my walk along the shore, glancing up now and then to watch the figure of the paraglider drift beyond me down the dune line, then turn and glide in the opposite direction.
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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We sat there talking and laughing for about half an hour until his friend, another paraglider, came over to point out that the rain had stopped and it was flyable again.
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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Ahead of me in the distance I saw the paraglider again, but now as I watched he slowly settled on the beach and the wing fluttered to the ground.
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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Months later I realized that for a paraglider to turn down any chance to fly, after having driven most of the morning to get to a site, was pretty extraordinary.
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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We sat there talking and laughing for about half an hour until his friend, another paraglider, came over to point out that the rain had stopped and it was flyable again.
Live and Let Love Andrea Buchanan 2011
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