English Explanatory Dictionary

autoblock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A technique used in rappelling and ascending, with a friction hitch around the climbing rope.
  2. (An) automatic blocking (inhibition of a feature etc.).
verb
  1. To use the autoblock technique.
  2. To automatically block.

Word forms

autoblock autoblocks auto-block autoblocking autoblocked

Etymology

From auto- + block.

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