climbing iron


climbing iron

noun

Definition of CLIMBING IRON

: a steel framework with spikes attached that may be affixed to one's boots for climbing (as a pole or tree)

First Known Use of CLIMBING IRON

1857

Rhymes with CLIMBING IRON

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