COURTE-ÉCHELLE


Meaning of COURTE-ÉCHELLE in English

|ku̇rd.(ˌ)ā|shel noun

( plural courte-échelles -l(z))

Etymology: French courte échelle, literally, short ladder

: a mountaineering maneuver in which a climber clambers on the body or head of another in order to reach a hold

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