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diaper harness en · NOUN

Etymology

From diaper + harness.

Meanings

1. A type of makeshift harness consisting of a loop of webbing passed between the legs and around the waist, forming a seat for attaching a safety rope, that somewhat resembles a diaper.
   • A better option may be to incorporate a secondary diaper harness over the repeller's primary harness and attach the standard rack to it. 1987, Allen Padgett, Bruce Smith, On Rope, National Speleological Society, →ISBN, page 210:
   • Physically, she was fine, but she was clearly shaken. We hardly spoke. I told her only what I was doing and how we would get off the mountain. I built an anchor, tied her a diaper harness with a sling, and clipped both of us in. Ben rappelled down beside us. 2019 March 6, Drew Hardesty, “Life, Death, and PTSD as a Ranger in the Tetons”, in Outside, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2021:
   • Our blue climbing rope was tied off to the flagpole and thrown down the right side of the building. I'd tied the diaper harness that I'd learned in cadets around me with yellow water ski rope that we'd stolen from Jon's dad's boat. 2014, Barry Blanchard, edited by John Dutton, The Calling: A Life Rocked By Mountains, Patagonia Books, →ISBN, page 77:
   • Sasha (Charlize Theron): A diaper harness. It's the only way to get you up there. Ben (Taron Egerton): I've already got a harness. Sasha: If I'm gonna lead this climb, I can only do it with that harness. 2026, Jeremy Robbins, directed by Baltasar Kormákur, Apex (feature film), Netflix (distributor):
   • Terry drove a piton into a boulder above the cave, hooked on a carabiner, and secured the skyline. Jeff and I slipped on diaper harnesses. We decided to make our descent in two parts: a forty-foot rappel to a wide ledge followed by a thirty-foot ropeless scramble through a tight chute. 2005, Ken Lamberton, Beyond Desert Walls: Essays from Prison, University of Arizona Press, page 34:
   • Diaper harnesses consist of a buckled waist belt and a crotch strap that you pull up between your legs, diaper-style. As you might guess, the crotch strap can wreak havoc on the privates. 1995, Michael Benge, Duane Raleigh, Rock: Tools and Technique, Elk Mountain Press, →ISBN, page 10:

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