Portaledge
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A portable tent system used by rock climbers to sleep in during a climb lasting multiple days.
"A ferocious storm kept the two men trapped on a portaledge—an artificial tent platform hung from pitons over the vertical void—for seven days and nights."
Example
More examples"A ferocious storm kept the two men trapped on a portaledge—an artificial tent platform hung from pitons over the vertical void—for seven days and nights."
Etymology
Blend of portable + ledge.
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