n.
A downhill turn performed on cross-country skis in which the knees are bent, the inside heel is lifted, and the weight is on the outside ski, which is advanced ahead of the other and angled inward until the turn is complete.
intr.v., -marked, -mark·ing, -marks.
To execute a telemark or to ski using this turn.
[Norwegian, after Telemark, a region of southern Norway.]
telemarker tel'e·mark'er n.
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