vorlage

plural vorlages

1. countableuncountableA skiing position in which the skier leans forward while keeping their heels in contact with the skis.

   It is not enough to twist the body slightly in anticipation of planting the pole; the runner must be in a position of extreme vorlage before increasing the forward lean by reaching forward with the pole.

   1936, Charles Nancrede Proctor, Skiing: Fundamentals, Equipment, and Advanced Technique, page 91

2. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Vorlage.

   The following are just a few of the reasons mistakes were made: (1) poor quality vorlages (i.e., manuscripts being copied from—some contained worm holes or became very dark from deterioration) […]

   2013, Steven B. Cowan, In Defense of the Bible: A Comprehensive Apologetic for the Authority of Scripture

plural Vorlages · alternative vorlage

1. A prior version or manifestation of a text.

   Rather the scribe had a Vorlage that was more conservative than MT in this detail.

   1992, David Noel Freedman, Studies in Hebrew and Aramaic Orthography, page 245

   1 more example

   Chronicles and Ezra-Nehemiah already existed in their individual Hebrew Vorlages, and 1 Esdras existed, probably in Hebrew, as a derivative from them.

   1989, Simon John De Vries, 1 and 2 Chronicles, page 9