tie-offn.
/ˈtʌɪˌɒf/, /ˈtʌɪˌɔːf/, U.S. /ˈtaɪˌɔf/, /ˈtaɪˌɑf/ 1. Show-jumping. = jump-off n. 3.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > equestrian sports except racing > [noun] > show-jumping > final round
jump-off1947
barrage1955
tie-off1958
1958 Listener 2 Oct. 536/3 We could see the tie-off for the Grand Prix between the Italian and German champions.
2. Mountaineering. (See quot. 1968.)
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > artificial aid > types of
runner1688
runner ring1791
ice axec1800
alpenstock1829
rope1838
climbing-iron1857
piolet1868
snap-link1875
prickera1890
middleman('s) knot (also loop, noose, etc.)1892
chock1894
glacier-rope1897
piton1898
run-out1901
belaying-pin1903
snap-ring1903
ironmongery1904
line1907
Tricouni1914
ice claw1920
peg1920
sling1920
ice piton1926
ice hammer1932
karabiner1932
rock piton1934
thread belay1935
mugger1941
running belay1941
piton hammer1943
sky-hook1951
etrier1955
pied d'éléphant1956
rope sling1957
piton runner1959
bong1960
krab1963
rurp1963
ice screw1965
nut1965
traverse line1965
jumar1966
knife-blade1968
tie-off1968
rock peg1971
whammer1971
Whillans whammer1971
Whillans harness1974
1968 P. Crew Encycl. Dict. Mountaineering 117/2 Tie-off, a method of reducing the leverage on a piton which has not been fully inserted, by tying a short loop of rope to the piton blade, close against the rock face.
1971 C. Bonington Annapurna South Face 247 We used huge quantities of tape for everything from tie-offs on pitons to belts for trousers.
1974 H. MacInnes Climb to Lost World x. 162 It took him most of the day to put a couple of bolts in, with some weird tie-off pegging to do.
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