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‖ étrier Mountaineering.|etrije|
Also etrier(s.
[a. Fr. étrier stirrup.]
A short rope ladder with two or three wooden or metal rungs (see quots.). Also attrib.
1955J. E. B. Wright Technique Mountaineering iv. 64 Etriers are rope steps usually of one or two rungs. Ibid. v. 82 Etrier steps. Etrier-stirrups are generally used in pairs and each consists of one to four light alloy rungs placed a foot or so apart and fastened to two short pieces of rope. The result is a short portable ladder which can be hung from pitons on rock or ice pitches. 1956C. Evans On Climbing iii. 53 Étriers..are small two- or three-rung rope-ladders, clipped to pitons. 1970Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 27 Mar. 42/1 He had left his etriers (a little three-rung rope ladder) hooked on to a piton a few feet below. |