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climbing frame

British  

noun

  1. a structure of wood or metal tubing used by children for climbing

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In Cricova, with the sun beginning to slide, women chat on benches on the main square as their children scramble over a climbing frame.

From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025

Helena, from Leeds, recorded herself dangling from a climbing frame for more than 35 minutes, breaking the previous record for a female "dead hang" of exactly 12 minutes.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2023

The playground was also doomed; city commissioners were not too keen on the designer’s circular doughnut slide or the giant climbing frame that seemed to extend five stories in the air.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2023

For one such miniature, of an irregular log climbing frame for the Washington school, Mr. Heuken's team used straws and pins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2013

“Should of seen your face when the window went,” snargled Ross Wilcox as I got back to the climbing frame.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell