snowplow

snowplow
snowplow [snō′plou΄ ]
n.
1. any bulldozerlike device or machine used to clear snow off a road, railroad, etc.
2. Skiing a stemming of both skis, as for stopping, with the inside ski edges dug into the snow, and the tips of the skis pointed at each other
vi.
to stem with both skis

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