self-arrest

noun

Any of various mountaineering maneuvers in which a climber who has fallen and is sliding down a slope halts the slide without recourse to a rope or other belay system.

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Meanings

nounself-arrest (countable and uncountable, plural self-arrests)

plural self-arrests

  1. countableuncountableclimbingAny of various mountaineering maneuvers in which a climber who has fallen and is sliding down a slope halts the slide without recourse to a rope or other belay system.

Origin

From self- + arrest.

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APA

self-arrest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-arrest

MLA

“self-arrest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-arrest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-arrest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-arrest.

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