rock climbing on large boulders or small outcrops either as practice or as a sport in its own right
bouldering in American English
(ˈbouldərɪŋ)
noun
pavement made with small boulders
Also: bowldering
Word origin
[1875–80; boulder to pave with boulder(s) + -ing1]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fan-tan, hat trick, musical chairs, neoclassic, pressure point-ing is a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or itsresult, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively (the printing trade) and in forming compounds (drinking song). In some compounds (sewing machine), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbalnoun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing”
Examples of 'bouldering' in a sentence
bouldering
I remember so many happy times spent climbing and bouldering.
The Sun (2011)
The passion remains undimmed, especially for the bouldering discipline.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Her latest fitness fad is bouldering, a type of rock climbing without ropes.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Artificial beaches will be built to play beach sports, and man-made climbing walls constructed for bouldering or climbing.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I was the only six-year-old there, everyone else who was bouldering was in their thirties.