Crossword clues for toehold
toehold
- Tiny ledge for climber to view, lacking breadth
- Alpinist's need
- Rock climber's need
- Slight footing
- Climber's support
- Wrestling grip
- Tiny ledge used by a climber
- Tentative start
- Small position from which future progress might be made
- Small initial advantage
- Rock climber's support
- Position of initial advantage from which further substantial progress might be made
- Opening for a rock climber's foot
- Nelson's relative
- Initial access
- Climber's need
- Initial gain
- Slight support
- Initial progress on a tough problem
- Early progress
- Initial advantage
- It can aid one's climb to the top
- Starting progress, metaphorically
- A small foothold used in climbing
- A wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints
- Slight advantage
- Fragile footing
- Initial bit of progress
- First established position
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context rock climbing English) A foothold small enough to support just the toe. 2 (context by extension English) Any small advantage which allows one to make significant progress. 3 (cx wrestling English) A hold in which the aggressor bends back the opponent's foot.
WordNet
n. a relatively insignificant position from which future progress might be made; "American diplomacy provided a toehold on which to proceed toward peace talks"; "his father gave him a toehold in the oil business"
a small foothold used in climbing
a wrestling hold in which the toe is held and the leg is twisted against the joints
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "toehold".
He had seen enough of Beaverwood to know that its stone and wood construction would allow sufficient grips and toeholds to navigate without the use of special appliances.
Tierra Natal and the grassy plains around it, mapping and exploiting the Amazonia aquifer and getting a toehold on the Brasilia ecosystem.
As time went on, the Rainfall cryptologists discovered enough toeholds in the Soviet scrambler phone so that they were able to break the system even when it was properly scrambled.
The rough stone of the wall gave plenty of fingerholds, and ridges and knobs provided toeholds even for a man in boots.
She kept carefully away from those she thought were known to Gannard or her littermate, as she made her way down and down, sometimes by stretches of ladders formed by finger- and toeholds only, to the lower depths.
But the founders had salvaged enough to enable them to gain a toehold on St.
The little man sat for a moment atop the decapitated duck, then climbed down its back, seeking toeholds in the intricate metalwork of the pinfeathers before dropping to the tabletop.
This time, he waited until she had traversed the section of toeholds and reached him.
The British had invaded a small corner of southern France, nothing but a toehold between the southern rivers and the Bay of Biscay, and these men expected the British to attack again.
The Lizards need to do some dickering, not just to get their toehold here but also because the Italians were occupying Split until they surrendered to the Lizards.
Three weeks: Thats all it took to slide from a shaky toehold in the economic cycle all the way to the bottom.
Three weeks: That's all it took to slide from a shaky toehold in the economic cycle all the way to the bottom.
She had to pick a path across the face, one handhold and toehold at a time, and at last she swung onto the far ledge which by now resembled a grand broad field, it looked so inviting and safe although it wasn't more than an arm's span in width.
They never got more'n a toehold, and them last radio messages said that nethin' was gonna come 'cross sea to help them.
A small, curly-headed child in a smudged tunic straddled the top of the wall, feeling for a toehold on the near side.