icecraftとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

icecraft (uncountable)

1. The art or skill of climbing on icy terrain.
   • 1886, The Alpine Journal, volume 12, page 321:

     He should pretend, moreover, to be ignorant of the rudiments of icecraft and of the history of mountaineering, and he must be careful not to distinguish too accurately between snow-beds and glaciers and avalanches; […]

   • 1967, Climber and Rambler, volume 6, page 267:

     […] are steep but short exercises in icecraft — the latter combined with the Eisflanke would give almost 3000 ft. of good ice climbing.