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portaledge

noun

Etymology

Blend of portable + ledge.

  1. derived from *legʰ-✻ — “to lie, recline”
  2. inherited from *lagjō✻ — “layer, stratum”
  3. inherited from *laggju✻ — “layer, strip, ledge, rung, bar”
  4. inherited from leċġ — “bar, crossbeam”
  5. inherited from legge
  6. compounded as portaledge — “portable + ledge”

Definitions

  1. A portable tent system used by rock climbers to sleep in during a climb lasting multiple…

    A portable tent system used by rock climbers to sleep in during a climb lasting multiple days.

    • A ferocious storm kept the two men trapped on a portaledge—an artificial tent platform hung from pitons over the vertical void—for seven days and nights.
    • [Warren] Harding, renowned for being tough and hard headed, had climbed the route in the days before portaledges, hanging every night in cramped and claustrophobic hammocks called 'Bat tents' which would fill with water when it rained.
    • Have you ever been shy to go to the bathroom when you're on a date at someone else's house? Well, when you're living on a portaledge, there's no room for such modesty.

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