mauvais pasn.

Brit.

/məʊˌveɪ ˈpɑː/, U.S.

/moʊˌveɪ ˈpɑ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mauvais pas.

Etymology: < French mauvais pas dangerous situation (13th cent. in Old French) < mauvais bad (see mauvasty n.) + pas step (see pas n.).

Mountaineering.

An area that is dangerous or difficult to negotiate.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > terrain

mauvais pas1816

nose1934

wind-slab1936

letterbox1951

choss1963

traverse line1966

1816 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 July (1964) I. 500 The one [mule] which I rode fell, in what the guides call a mauvais pas.

1843 J. D. Forbes Trav. Alps of Savoy iv. 67 The spot has acquired the name of the Mauvais Pas, which it bears more frequently than its proper one of La Roche de Moré.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe v. 315 As a mere gymnast upon the mountains..in overcoming mauvais pas of all descriptions—the guide is incontestably superior.

1907 G. D. Abraham Compl. Mountaineer iv. 56 The leader can retie himself on the end and scramble safely up the mauvais pas.

1940 F. S. Chapman Helvellyn to Himalaya vii. 166 We decided to return once more to the couloir..thus short-circuiting the mauvais pas we had seen in our reconnaissance.

1971 N. Tennent Islands of Scotl. i. 30 The northern section of the ridge..has some fine situations, including a tricky descent on the Iorsa side to the ‘impassable’ ‘mauvais pas’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mauvais pas
释义	mauvais pasn. Brit. /məʊˌveɪ ˈpɑː/, U.S. /moʊˌveɪ ˈpɑ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mauvais pas. Etymology: < French mauvais pas dangerous situation (13th cent. in Old French) < mauvais bad (see mauvasty n.) + pas step (see pas n.). Mountaineering. An area that is dangerous or difficult to negotiate. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > terrain mauvais pas1816 nose1934 wind-slab1936 letterbox1951 choss1963 traverse line1966 1816 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 July (1964) I. 500 The one [mule] which I rode fell, in what the guides call a mauvais pas. 1843 J. D. Forbes Trav. Alps of Savoy iv. 67 The spot has acquired the name of the Mauvais Pas, which it bears more frequently than its proper one of La Roche de Moré. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe v. 315 As a mere gymnast upon the mountains..in overcoming mauvais pas of all descriptions—the guide is incontestably superior. 1907 G. D. Abraham Compl. Mountaineer iv. 56 The leader can retie himself on the end and scramble safely up the mauvais pas. 1940 F. S. Chapman Helvellyn to Himalaya vii. 166 We decided to return once more to the couloir..thus short-circuiting the mauvais pas we had seen in our reconnaissance. 1971 N. Tennent Islands of Scotl. i. 30 The northern section of the ridge..has some fine situations, including a tricky descent on the Iorsa side to the ‘impassable’ ‘mauvais pas’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1816
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