FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n (context|climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.

n (context|military) In fortification, a mass of earth or other material employed to protect troops against enfilade. It is constructed at right angles to the parapet.

n (context|surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject, usually for use as "control" i.e. angular reference system for later surveying work.

n (obsolete) A screen or partition.

v (transitive) To travel across, often under difficult conditions.

v (transitive|computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly; as, to traverse all nodes in a network.

v (context|artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.

v (context|climbing) To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle.