self-arrest
English
noun
Definitions
- (climbing) Any of various mountaineering maneuvers in which a climber who has fallen and is sliding down a slope halts the slide without recourse to a rope or other belay system.
Etymology
Prefix from English arrest.
Origin
English
arrest
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arrest English
- arrestability English
- arrestable English
- arrestee English
- arrester English
- arrestest English
- arresteth English
- arrestin English
- arrestive English
- arrestment English
- arrestor English
- dearrest English
- nonarrest English
- postarrest English
- prearrest English
- rearrest English
- unarrest English
- arester Old French
- arestio Welsh
- arest Tok Pisin
- arestim Tok Pisin