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the diagonal cut across a wall that turns a fall into a longer, scenic fall
means To travel across, over, or through something — or, as a noun, the act or path of such a sideways crossing.
from From the Latin transversus, 'turned across,' from trans- ('across') plus vertere ('to turn') — the same vertere that spins through 'convert,' 'reverse,' and 'versus.' It reached English via the Old French traverser, 'to cross,' and has always carried that sense of moving athwart, cutting sideways against the grain of a thing rather than straight through it.
- climbing move
- sideways progress where falling sideways becomes terrifyingly real
- surveying term
- a chain of measured points mapping the land
- verb origin
- from Latin 'transversare,' to cross over
- ski trick
- zigzag cuts that tame an otherwise lethal slope
- old fortress
- a barrier protecting troops from flanking fire
appalachian trail — 2,190-mile hiking trail from georgia to maine, completed by ~3,000 people annually
tour du mont blanc — 170-kilometer trek crossing france, italy, and switzerland, completed by thousands yearly