spread eagle

1. 1. The figure of an eagle with wings and legs spread.
   2. The emblem on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States.
2. A posture or design resembling such an emblem or figure.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States

Meaning #2: a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line

Figure skating element
Element name:	Spread eagle
Element type:	Moves in the field

The spread eagle is one of the moves in the field in the sport of figure skating, in which a skater glides on both feet, the toes turned out to the sides, heels facing each other. It can be performed on either the inside or outside edges. It is commonly used as an entrance to jumps, adding to the difficulty level of that jump under Code of Points. It is most commonly used an entrance to an axel jump.

Contents 1 Gallery 1.1 Single 1.2 Pairs 1.3 Ice dancing 1.4 Synchronized skating 2 External links

Gallery

Single

An inside spread eagle front view (Jeffrey Buttle)

An inside spread eagle side view (Vitali Sazonets)

An outside spread eagle (Andrei Griazev)

An outside spread eagle (Caroline Zhang)

Pairs

An outside spread eagle (Yuko Kavaguti & Alexander Smirnov)

Ice dancing

The male skater performs an outside spread eagle (Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder)

The male skater performs an outside spread eagle (Lynn Kriengkrairut & Logan Giulietti-Schmitt)

inside and outside (Kristina Gorshkova & Vitali Butikov)

Synchronized skating

outside spread eagles (The Hockettes)

External links

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