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climbing frame

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Malvina Diletti watches her eight-year-old, Edoardo, play on the climbing frame.

From BBC Mar. 5, 2020

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

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