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portaledges

portaledges is the plural of portaledge.

Meaning of portaledge

Noun

portaledge (plural portaledges)

  1. 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.1999, Conrad Anker, David Roberts, The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest, New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 99

Questions about portaledges

What is portaledges the plural of?
Portaledges is the plural of portaledge.

Words near portaledges in the dictionary

  1. portal-to-portal
  2. Portalatin
  3. Portalatins
  4. portaled
  5. portaledge
  6. portaledges
  7. Portalegre
  8. Portales
  9. portalet
  10. portalets
  11. Portalian

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