cragsmann.
/ˈkraɡzmən/ One accustomed to, or skilled in, climbing crags.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > mountaineer or climber
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1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. vii. 161 ‘I was a bauld craigsman,’ he said, ‘ance in my life.’
1843 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland III. 145 The cragsmen and boatmen of this wild coast.
1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District (1879) 303 A good cragsman may scramble direct to the top of Scawfell from this spot.
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