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tie-off|ˈtaɪɒf, -ɔː-|
[tie- 2.]
1. Show-jumping. = jump-off 3.
1958Listener 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.)
1968P. Crew Encyclopædic 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. 1971C. Bonington Annapurna South Face 247 We used huge quantities of tape for everything from tie-offs on pitons to belts for trousers. 1974H. 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. |