Meaning of cragfast | Babel Free

Definitions

Stranded on a crag (inaccessible rock).

Examples

“a cragfast sheep”

“Eventually, having seen the dangers of the ledge still more clearly, and the body of a sheep which had become⟳ cragfast at the same spot, he spotted a solution to his difficulty. As he looked down he could see⟳ stones on the ledge far beneath him which must have⟳ been piled there by a shepherd trying vainly to reach⟳ the cragfast sheep whose body he had just passed.”

“Mountain rescue⟳ crews say⟳ the men, who were “soloing” or not using any ropes, called for help⟳ after becoming cragfast on Jacob’s Ladder around 4pm on Saturday.”

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