courte-échelle
noun
¦ku̇rt(ˌ)ā¦shel
plural courte-échelles
-l(z)
: a mountaineering maneuver in which a climber clambers on the body or head of another in order to reach a hold
Word History
Etymology
French courte échelle, literally, short ladder
- compartmentalizes
- compartmentalizing
- compartmentation
- compartmentations
- compartmented
- compartmenting
- compartmentize
- compartments
- comparts
- compas
- compass
- compass bearing
- compass brick
- compass calipers
- compass card
- compass corrector
- compass course
- compass dial
- compass error
- compass heading
- compass key
- compass man
- compass plane
- compass plant
- compass rafter