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trail rope

trail rope noun: a static rope that hangs behind the lead climber as they ascend, enabling equipment to be passed up during an ascent.

Noun

trail rope (plural trail ropes)

  1. A static rope that hangs behind the lead climber as they ascend, enabling equipment to be passed up during an ascent.

Forms of trail rope

pluraltrail ropes

Questions about trail rope

What does trail rope mean?
Trail rope means a static rope that hangs behind the lead climber as they ascend, enabling equipment to be passed up during an ascent.
What part of speech is trail rope?
Trail rope is a noun.
What is the plural of trail rope?
The plural of trail rope is trail ropes.

Words near trail rope in the dictionary

  1. trail nets
  2. trail of tears
  3. trail off
  4. trail ridge scrub grasshopper
  5. trail ridge scrub grasshoppers
  6. trail rope
  7. trail-blazing
  8. trailable
  9. trailbaston
  10. trailbastons
  11. trailblaze

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