top-rope

See also: toprope

English edit

A climber on a toprope

Noun edit

(nautical) A rope used for hoisting and lowering a topmast, and for other purposes.^[1]
(climbing) A rope, used for the climber's safety, which runs from a belayer at the foot of a route through one or more carabiners connected to an anchor system at the top of the route and back down to the climber, usually attaching to the climber by means of a harness.

Verb edit

top-rope (third-person singular simple present top-ropes, present participle top-roping, simple past and past participle top-roped)

(climbing) To belay from a fixed anchor point above the climber.

Coordinate terms edit

References edit

^ “top-rope”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

[1] “top-rope”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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