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self-arrest

noun

Etymology

From self- + arrest.

  1. derived from *steh₂-✻
  2. derived from ad-
  3. derived from *arrestō✻
  4. derived from areste
  5. inherited from arest
  6. prefixed as self-arrest — “self + arrest”

Definitions

  1. Any of various mountaineering maneuvers in which a climber who has fallen and is sliding…

    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.

The neighborhood

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