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‖ mauvais pas Mountaineering.|mɔvɛ pɑ|
[Fr., lit. ‘bad step’.]
A place that is dangerous or difficult to negotiate.
1816Shelley Let. 25 July (1964) I. 500 The one [mule] which I rode fell, in what the guides call a mauvais pas. 1843J. D. Forbes Trav. through Alps of Savoy iv. 67 The spot has acquired the name of the Mauvais Pas, which it bears more frequently than its proper one of La Roche de Moré. 1871L. Stephen Playground of Europe v. 315 As a mere gymnast upon the mountains..in overcoming mauvais pas of all descriptions—the guide is incontestably superior. 1907G. D. Abraham Compl. Mountaineer iv. 56 The leader can retie himself on the end and scramble safely up the mauvais pas. 1940F. S. Chapman Helvellyn to Himalaya vii. 166 We decided to return once more to the couloir..thus short-circuiting the mauvais pas we had seen in our reconnaissance. 1971N. Tennent Islands of Scotl. i. 30 The northern section of the ridge..has some fine situations, including a tricky descent on the Iorsa side to the ‘impassable’ ‘mauvais pas’. |