climbing irons
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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The H-H passenger rides high above smog and speed limits, encounters no parking problems, and gets farther from the madding crowd than a hyperthyroid hermit with climbing irons.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the help of climbing irons and a plumber's friend, one of his fixated antiheroes tries to climb it.
From Time Magazine Archive
His friend settled to his satisfaction, Hunt buckled on the climbing irons, and crossing the road, proceeded to climb a telegraph pole which stood opposite the lane.
From The Pit Prop Syndicate by Crofts, Freeman Wills
Her gaze was fixed upon a stout man just ahead who wore climbing irons on his heavy shoes.
From Hoofbeats on the Turnpike by Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine)
From it he took a coil of the strongest and lightest rope, a hundred and fifty feet in length, with climbing irons, clamps, and other devices.
From The Lost World by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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