Cragsman
//ˈkɹæɡzmən// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A (skillful) male climber of crags.
"Francie o'Fowlsheugh, and he was the best craigsman that ever speel'd heugh, (mair by token, he brake his neck upon the Dunbuy of Slaines,) wadua hae ventured upon the Halket-head craigs after sun-down— […]"
- 2 a male climber of vertical rock faces wordnet
Example
More examples"Francie o'Fowlsheugh, and he was the best craigsman that ever speel'd heugh, (mair by token, he brake his neck upon the Dunbuy of Slaines,) wadua hae ventured upon the Halket-head craigs after sun-down— […]"
Etymology
From crag (“rocky outcrop; rugged steep rock or cliff”) + -s- (genitival interfix equivalent to -’s) + -man.
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