descendeurn.

Brit.

/ˌdɛsɒnˈdəː/, U.S.

/ˌdɛsɑnˈdər/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French descendeur.

Etymology: < French descendeur (1955 or earlier in this sense) < descender descend v. + -eur -eur suffix. Compare later descender n.² 3.The first device of this kind was invented by French climber Pierre Allain in 1943 and manufactured commercially in the 1950s.

Rock Climbing, Caving, etc.

= descender n.² 3.

ΚΠ

1955 J. E. B. Wright Technique Mountaineering v. 82 The descendeur provides a new method of making abseils... The descendeur gives a slow but seemingly very safe abseil.

1987 J. Curran K2 (1989) ii. xi. 125 Unless you make a daft mistake with the descendeur, or a rope breaks, the trip's virtually over.

2006 J. Perrin Climbing Ess. ii. v. 137 At that time the only descendeurs you could buy in this country were weird alloy things.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	descendeur
释义	descendeurn. Brit. /ˌdɛsɒnˈdəː/, U.S. /ˌdɛsɑnˈdər/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French descendeur. Etymology: < French descendeur (1955 or earlier in this sense) < descender descend v. + -eur -eur suffix. Compare later descender n.² 3.The first device of this kind was invented by French climber Pierre Allain in 1943 and manufactured commercially in the 1950s. Rock Climbing, Caving, etc. = descender n.² 3. ΚΠ 1955 J. E. B. Wright Technique Mountaineering v. 82 The descendeur provides a new method of making abseils... The descendeur gives a slow but seemingly very safe abseil. 1987 J. Curran K2 (1989) ii. xi. 125 Unless you make a daft mistake with the descendeur, or a rope breaks, the trip's virtually over. 2006 J. Perrin Climbing Ess. ii. v. 137 At that time the only descendeurs you could buy in this country were weird alloy things. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1955
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