cragsman

Example Sentences

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No cragsman in broadest daylight could do such a thing, he asserted.

From Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North by Scott, Walter, Sir

A boyhood spent on the cliffs at Kirkcaple had made me a bold cragsman, and the porphyry of the Rooirand clearly gave excellent holds.

From Prester John by Buchan, John

Dickson's heart fell, for he did not profess to be a cragsman and had indeed a horror of precipitous places.

From Huntingtower by Buchan, John

A few jolting fragments of rock were all that was left of it—insufficient even for a practiced cragsman to make his way along on either side.

From Bred in the Bone by Payn, James

So defiant is the challenge of this rock that no cragsman can pass it by.

From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by Hart, H. C.