cragfast

• Terme désuet décrivant une personne ou un animal coincé ou piégé sur une falaise ou un escarpement rocheux abrupt, incapable de se déplacer ni vers le haut ni vers le bas.

An obsolete term used to describe a person or animal that is stranded or stuck on a steep rock face or crag, unable to move up or down.

1. Stranded on a cragC2formalbritish

   Stuck or stranded on a steep, rugged rock face or cliff, unable to move up or down.

   Coincé sur un piton rocheux

   • The climber became cragfast halfway up the mountain and had to be rescued.
   • The sheep were cragfast on the steep hillside.
   • He found himself cragfast, clinging to the rock face as the storm approached.