cragsman

Example Sentences

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All four men were born mountaineers, good climbers, and they were led by the most expert cragsman I have seen.

From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward

I was a bold cragsman," said Ochiltree, "once in my life; but it's lang syne, and nae mortal could speel them without a rope.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

I became a daring cragsman, a character to which an English lad can seldom aspire, for in England there are neither crags nor mountains.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

With this new danger menacing him, the young cragsman lay flat down on the rock, and remained motionless, while he offered up an earnest prayer to Heaven that the bird might not discover him.

From Harper's Young People, November 11, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

"We are going to the village to get a cragsman with a rope, and will be with you anon."

From A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)