Definition of Bouldering

1. Noun. Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects. ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of boulder) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bouldering

1. boulder [v] - See also: boulder

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bouldering

bouks
boul
boula
boulangerie
boulangerite
boulangerites
bould
boulder
boulder clay
boulder fern
boulder opal
boulder opals
bouldered
boulderer
boulderers
bouldering (current term)
boulderless
boulderlike
boulders
boulderstone
bouldery
bouldly
boule
boules
boulevard
boulevard stop
boulevard stops
boulevarde
boulevardier
boulevardiers

Literary usage of Bouldering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Adventure Guide to the Sierra Nevada by Wilbur H. Morrison (2000)
"The top of Donner Peak offers excellent bouldering on granite. ... In the Tahoe Basin, you can enjoy a day of bouldering on the north shore at Brockway ..."

2. Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical by Victoria Institute (Great Britain) (1885)
"... instead of finding that they have been rolled into pebbles, we see them with their edges clear and sharp, and with no evidence of bouldering. ..."

3. Acts Passed at the ... Session of the General Assembly for the Commonwealth by Kentucky (1860)
"... make the proper grade for the pur- make proper pose of paving, bouldering, ... cost and expenses of such grading and paving, macadamizing, bouldering, ..."

4. Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace (1881)
"The bouldering of the pavement was rough. The houses on both sides were low, dark, and cheerless; the doors all closed: from the roofs, occasionally, ..."

5. Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Passed by Kentucky (1860)
"... shall be assessed for the grading, paving, bouldering, macadamizing, ... of the cost and expenses of such grading and paving, macadamizing, bouldering, ..."

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