self-arrest

English

Etymology

self- +‎ arrest

Noun

self-arrest (countable and uncountable, plural self-arrests)

(climbing) Any of various mountaineering maneuvers in which a climber who has fallen and is sliding down a slope halts the slide without recourse to a rope or other belay system.

Anagrams

rafterless

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