jumar

• jümar

From the name of the Swiss firm Jümar Pangit which manufactured it, in turn from the surnames of Adolf Jüsy and Walter Marti.

jumar (plural jumars)

1. (climbing) A device, used to clip on a rope, that tightens when weight is applied, thus allowing the rope to be climbed.
   • 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 552:

     Jacob handed her the ATC belay device and jumar.

jumar (third-person singular simple present jumars, present participle jumaring or jumarring, simple past and past participle jumared or jumarred)

1. (intransitive) To climb using this device.

• Majur, mujra

jumar

1. only used in se ... jumar, syntactic variant of jumarse