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单词 scarpetti
释义 scarpetti, n. pl.|skɑːˈpɛtiː|
[It., pl. of scarpetto, a small shoe.]
Rope-soled shoes worn for rock-climbing, esp. in the North Italian Alps. Cf. kletterschuh.
1897O. G. Jones Rock-Climbing in Engl. Lake District p. xxiv, The Cumberland crags are too smooth to make scarpetti (Kletterschuhe) worth trying.1907G. D. Abraham Compl. Mountaineer xxviii. 463 If the conditions become wet or icy, rubber soles are a snare and a delusion; scarpetti should be carried as a reserve.1923First Steps to Climbing vi. 71 They [sc. rubber-soled shoes] were preferable to the scarpetti, or rope-soled boots, which are the standard Dolomite wear.1931Times Lit. Suppl. 19 Feb. 129/3 On it [sc. Mount Blanc], climbing guideless, they practise every modern refinement, the use of crampons, scarpetti and the rappel.1941C. Kirkus Let's go Climbing! vi. 96 Scarpetti—rope soled shoes used in the Dolomites—are coming into favour in this country.1956R. C. Evans On Climbing ii. 32 In the Alps there have been other kinds of friction footwear... The rag-soled scarpetti of the Dolomites.
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