Paragliding is flying under a fabric wing launched from a slope. Go paragliding, a paragliding site, paragliding in the Alps.
The wing packs into a rucksack and the pilot runs off a hill to launch it, and rising air can keep a flight going for hours. It differs from hang gliding, where the pilot hangs under a rigid frame.
1nounparaglidingFlying under a fabric wing launched from a slope.
“We went paragliding in the Alps, floating over the valley under a bright red wing.”
paragliding is a flying.
From paraglider, itself a blend of parachute and glider.
From paraglider.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA