English Explanatory Dictionary

figure 9

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A technical climbing technique used in ice climbing to gain a respite and lessen slack and distance from the undersurface/ceiling which one is climbing underneath, which appears like a number "9" in shape, with one arm anchoring the climber to the surface while hanging upside-down, and one leg wrapped around that arm, forming a figurative "9" in shape.

Word forms

figure 9 figure 9s figure nine

Etymology

From figure + 9. From the shape of the glyph "9", and creating a figure akin to that shape.

Related words

figure-of-nine figure-of-9
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