Crossword clues for cragsman
cragsman
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cragsman \Crags"man\ (kr[a^]gz"man), n.; pl. Cragsmen (-men). One accustomed to climb rocks or crags; esp., one who makes a business of climbing the cliffs overhanging the sea to get the eggs of sea birds or the birds themselves.
Wiktionary
n. A climber of crags or other vertical rocks.
WordNet
n. a climber of vertical rock faces [syn: rock climber]
Usage examples of "cragsman".
He was moving very quickly now, taking risks that no lane cragsman would ever have contemplated, but he had no option now, for time was running out.
Mallory, the idol of every young mountaineer and cragsman in pre-war England, whose fantastic climbing exploits had made world headlines, in '38 and '39: Mallory, who had twice been baulked by the most atrocious ill-fortune from surprising Rommel in his desert headquarters: Mallory, who had three times refused promotion in order to stay with his beloved Cretans who worshipped him the other side of idolatry.
Like all experienced cragsmen, I long for the challenge of a mountain such as Hekla.
Being something of a cragsman, I did manage to get half way to the top of that.
It was a test to prove that they were competent cragsmen, men enough to support a woman on an island where the ability to collect eggs and birds from their nesting places could make the difference between a full belly and starvation in winter.