jumar
/ (ˈdʒuːmə) /
noun mountaineering
Also called: jumar clamp
a clamp with a handle that can move freely up a rope on which it is clipped but locks when downward pressure is applied
verb (intr)
to climb (up a fixed rope) using jumars
Word Origin for jumar
C20: Swiss name
Words nearby jumar
julius ii,
julius iii,
jullundur,
july,
jumada,
jumar,
jumble,
jumble sale,
jumbo,
jumbo jet,
jumboize
Example sentences from the Web for jumar
We are but ill informed of the jumar, an animal said to be the produce of a cow and an ass, or a mare and a bull.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume V (of 10) |Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon