top-rope
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See also: toprope
Noun
- (nautical) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.[1]
- (climbing) A rope, used for the climber's safety, which runs from a belayer at the foot of a route through one or more carabiners connected to an anchor system at the top of the route and back down to the climber, usually attaching to the climber by means of a harness.
Verb
top-rope (third-person singular simple present top-ropes, present participle top-roping, simple past and past participle top-roped)
Coordinate terms
References
- “top-rope”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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