Mane

• Noun

  1. A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by a different route than the ascent.
  2. 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.
  3. (obsolete) A screen or partition.
  4. Something that thwarts or obstructs.
  5. A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
  6. A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings. The technical words introducing a traverse are absque hoc ("without this", i.e. without what follows).
  7. The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound course.
  8. A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
  9. In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
  10. A traverse board.

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