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redpoint en · VERB

Etymology

From red + point, as a calque of German Rotpunkt, coined by Kurt Albert in the mid-1970s at Frankenjura. He would paint a red X on a fixed pin that he could avoid using for a foothold or handhold.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To free-climb (a route), while lead climbing, after having practiced the route beforehand.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
redpoints Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
redpointing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
redpointed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
redpointed Tense=Past lexicographic