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Definition of col in English: colnoun kɒlkɑl 1The lowest point of a ridge or saddle between two peaks, typically providing a pass from one side of a mountain range to another. Example sentencesExamples - Although it will be cool in the evenings on the cols and ridges, the days should be mild.
- Anticipating a windscoured ridge, we left our crampons and axes in the col at the top of the chute.
- Continuing steadily upwards now, the route leads to a small col which overlooks the dark and brooding Loch Enoch, complete with its reflections of Mullwharchar which rises beyond.
- Above us, waterfalls tumbled down the mountainside from glaciers that hung over the lip of high cols.
- They can often encounter all on the same special stage as the route climbs and descends mountain cols, switching from southern facing roads sheltered from the extreme weather to exposed northern ones.
- In decent weather and with the longer daylight hours of summer you could continue on the ridge as far as the col before Benshaw Hill where a footpath drops down directly to Kingledoors.
- There are several factors that determine how hard it is to climb a col and it can be much easier up one side than another.
- Beyond the scree we turned the side of the saddle and there, ahead of us, in a col surrounded by the white flanks of the Kedarnath peaks, stood the temple, one of the most sacred structures in India.
- Return to the col and walk along to centre peak: a steady nerve is required to reach the summit.
- Over the wall, the path gently falls to a col with the rock face of Side Pike ahead.
- For the next few days we based ourselves at the hut as we made forays up the valley, wading through deep fresh snow to explore some of the cols, ridges and side valleys.
- The route included Col De Vars and Col de la Bonnette, plus numerous other cols.
- It then continues below the N face of the hill before finally climbing to a col on the summit ridge.
- Some of the cols must indeed mark formerly active valleys that led westwards and southwards out of the basin prior to active infill, but we have found no evidence that Panorama gorge was shut off by footwall uplift during fault propagation.
- Through brief windows in the clouds we could see the ridge dropping to a col and rising again to two higher summits.
- While hauling your gear and food from hut to hut, you'll be learning to negotiate crevasses, ice falls, and high cols - skills you'll need for future, unguided trips.
- We cut down into a rocky col and started up the second peak.
- From the col, the ridge climbs and then levels out again into a tight area of mossy grass before it steepens appreciably into its final fling.
- Take an ascending NE line round the S slopes of Firthhope Rig to the col between it and White Coomb.
- Head NE from the summit cairn to pick up the bulldozed track called Morton's Way and follow this along the NE ridge and down to a col below the Hill of Glenroads.
Synonyms route, way, road, narrow road, passage, cut, gap, gorge, canyon, ravine, gully, defile, couloir 2Meteorology
A region of slightly elevated pressure between two anticyclones. Example sentencesExamples - Thereafter the major system, which was present in the mid-Atlantic, weakened considerably and became little more than a col between the two anticyclones, one receding as the new one advanced.
Origin Mid 19th century: from French, literally 'neck', from Latin collum. Definition of col in US English: colnounkälkɑl 1The lowest point of a ridge or saddle between two peaks, typically affording a pass from one side of a mountain range to another. Example sentencesExamples - Take an ascending NE line round the S slopes of Firthhope Rig to the col between it and White Coomb.
- Some of the cols must indeed mark formerly active valleys that led westwards and southwards out of the basin prior to active infill, but we have found no evidence that Panorama gorge was shut off by footwall uplift during fault propagation.
- Although it will be cool in the evenings on the cols and ridges, the days should be mild.
- They can often encounter all on the same special stage as the route climbs and descends mountain cols, switching from southern facing roads sheltered from the extreme weather to exposed northern ones.
- Over the wall, the path gently falls to a col with the rock face of Side Pike ahead.
- For the next few days we based ourselves at the hut as we made forays up the valley, wading through deep fresh snow to explore some of the cols, ridges and side valleys.
- Anticipating a windscoured ridge, we left our crampons and axes in the col at the top of the chute.
- Continuing steadily upwards now, the route leads to a small col which overlooks the dark and brooding Loch Enoch, complete with its reflections of Mullwharchar which rises beyond.
- The route included Col De Vars and Col de la Bonnette, plus numerous other cols.
- We cut down into a rocky col and started up the second peak.
- It then continues below the N face of the hill before finally climbing to a col on the summit ridge.
- While hauling your gear and food from hut to hut, you'll be learning to negotiate crevasses, ice falls, and high cols - skills you'll need for future, unguided trips.
- In decent weather and with the longer daylight hours of summer you could continue on the ridge as far as the col before Benshaw Hill where a footpath drops down directly to Kingledoors.
- Through brief windows in the clouds we could see the ridge dropping to a col and rising again to two higher summits.
- There are several factors that determine how hard it is to climb a col and it can be much easier up one side than another.
- Head NE from the summit cairn to pick up the bulldozed track called Morton's Way and follow this along the NE ridge and down to a col below the Hill of Glenroads.
- Return to the col and walk along to centre peak: a steady nerve is required to reach the summit.
- From the col, the ridge climbs and then levels out again into a tight area of mossy grass before it steepens appreciably into its final fling.
- Above us, waterfalls tumbled down the mountainside from glaciers that hung over the lip of high cols.
- Beyond the scree we turned the side of the saddle and there, ahead of us, in a col surrounded by the white flanks of the Kedarnath peaks, stood the temple, one of the most sacred structures in India.
Synonyms route, way, road, narrow road, passage, cut, gap, gorge, canyon, ravine, gully, defile, couloir - 1.1Meteorology A region of slightly elevated pressure between two anticyclones.
Example sentencesExamples - Thereafter the major system, which was present in the mid-Atlantic, weakened considerably and became little more than a col between the two anticyclones, one receding as the new one advanced.
Origin Mid 19th century: from French, literally ‘neck’, from Latin collum. |