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self-arrest

self-arrest noun: 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.

Noun

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

  1. 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.

Forms of self-arrest

pluralself-arrests

Origin of self-arrest

From self- + arrest.

Questions about self-arrest

What does self-arrest mean?
Self-arrest means 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.
What part of speech is self-arrest?
Self-arrest is a noun.
What is the plural of self-arrest?
The plural of self-arrest is self-arrests.

Words near self-arrest in the dictionary

  1. self-appoints
  2. self-archive
  3. self-archived
  4. self-archives
  5. self-archiving
  6. self-arrest
  7. self-arrests
  8. self-ascribed
  9. self-assemble
  10. self-assembled
  11. self-assembles

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