| 释义 |
‖ pied d'éléphant|pje delefɑ̃|
[Fr., lit. ‘elephant's foot’.]
A padded sack used to protect the lower part of the body on a bivouac in mountaineering and rock climbing.
1956C. Evans On Climbing viii. 120 For alpine bivouacs, it is customary to make the sleeping bag as it were a part of your clothing using..a sawn-off sleeping-bag, the ‘pied d'elephant’, to cover the legs. 1963P. Nock Rock Climbing ix. 81 One addition which is sometimes carried is a ‘pied d'elephant’. This is like the bottom half of a sleeping bag of minumum weight. 1966C. Bonington I chose to Climb xvi. 188, I was once again fully equipped with borrowed duvet, pied d'éléphant, [etc]. 1968P. Crew Encycl. Dict. Mountaineering 91/1 Pied d'Elephant,..a waist length bag for protecting the lower part of the body on bivouacs. 1973C. Bonington Next Horizon x. 149, I managed to pull my boots off, slipped them in my rucksack and them pulled the pied d'éléphant over my legs, ending up with my feet in my rucksack. |