boulderingn.
/ˈbəʊldərɪŋ/ 1. The action of preceding verb; paving with boulders; concrete boulder-stones laid as a pavement.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > paving and road-building > [noun] > paving > with specific material
gravelling1577
causeying1596
flagging1656
pitching1702
ruderation1730
macadamization1822
macadamizing1824
asphalting1840
blinding1843
causewaying1876
bouldering1880
metalling1885
blacktopping1947
tarmacing1975
1880 L. Wallace Ben-Hur 409 The bouldering of the pavement was rough.
2. Mountaineering. Practice climbing on large boulders.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > actions
glissading1832
rock climb1861
glissade1862
traversea1877
step cutting1884
hand traverse1897
conquest1902
bouldering1920
lay-back1925
soloing1929
hand-jamming1937
safing1937
rappelling1938
leading through1945
pendulum1945
free-climbing1946
laybacking1955
pendule1957
finger jam1959
jumar1966
jam1967
prusiking1968
jumaring1971
free solo1977
redpoint1986
mantel1987
crimping1990
1920 G. W. Young Mountain Craft iv. 152 The introduction to climbing customarily..is practice upon single rocks, low cliffs, quarries and erratic boulders, with or without the aid of a rope held from above. This ‘bouldering’, or problem climbing,..is of little use as commencing practice.
1954 W. Noyce South Col iv. 63 John spotted a pointed boulder some thirty feet high by the wayside. Daring routes were made up it; and henceforward bouldering..became a popular pastime.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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