cragfast

cragfast adjective: stranded on a crag (inaccessible rock).

Adjective

cragfast (comparative more cragfast, superlative most cragfast)

Stranded on a crag (inaccessible rock).
- a cragfast sheep
- Eventually, having seen the dangers of the ledge still more clearly, and the body of a sheep which had become cragfast at the same spot, he spotted a solution to his difficulty. As he looked down he could see stones on the ledge far beneath him which must have been piled there by a shepherd trying...2010, John Beer, Coleridge's Play of Mind, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100

Eventually, having seen the dangers of the ledge still more clearly, and the body of a sheep which had become cragfast at the same spot, he spotted a solution to his difficulty.2010, John Beer, Coleridge's Play of Mind, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100:
Mountain rescue crews say the men, who were “soloing” or not using any ropes, called for help after becoming cragfast on Jacob’s Ladder around 4pm on Saturday.2017 December 17, Graeme Murrary, “‘Cragfast’ climbers rescued 600ft up Cairngorms peak”, in The Scotsman:

From crag (“rocky outcrop”) + fast.

What does cragfast mean?: Cragfast means stranded on a crag (inaccessible rock).
How do you use cragfast in a sentence?: Eventually, having seen the dangers of the ledge still more clearly, and the body of a sheep which had become cragfast at the same spot, he spotted a solution to his difficulty.
What part of speech is cragfast?: Cragfast is an adjective.

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