Lutz also lutz (l ts)n. A jump in figure skating in which the skater takes off from the back outer edge of one skate and makes one full rotation before landing on the back outer edge of the other skate. [After Alois Lutz (1898-1918), Austrian figure skater.] |
lutz [luːts]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Ice Skating) Skating a jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate, makes one, two, or three turns in the air, and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate
[of uncertain origin]
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