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stem turn

n. a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it [syn: stem]

Usage examples of "stem turn".

I rushed to meet him, but he passed me at the halfway mark very fast with a gay cry and kept on going, doing a tremendous stem turn and sliding to a halt in a flurry of snow at the spot where I had found the oil and the ski traces.

He was going too fast for any kind of stem turn, or even a telemark.