footholds in English

noun
1
a place where a person's foot can be lodged to support them securely, especially while climbing.
Twice she had to stop to rest, her arms trembling with the strain, locking her feet into semi-secure footholds and leaning into the rock.
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1. A climber needs secure footholds.

2. In other words, there should be no footholds for an agile intruder.

3. Interests are much more likely to provide footholds for finding common ground and moving ahead.

4. The pockets in the perfect grey limestone became smaller and more spaced, the footholds doubtful, sloping smears.

5. “Mormonism’s ability to gain footholds both in liberal democracies and in totalitarian societies is a marvel.”

6. Footholds connected by a latchet gear to both sides of the accelerating body to select a power transmitting direction.

7. Synonyms for Bridgeheads include bases, footholds, positions, front lines, jumping-off points, stepping stones, vantage points, beachheads, lodgments and lodgements

8. I climbed as much as I hiked, grabbing hold of exposed roots and rocks, and then using those same places for footholds as I Ascented

9. The present invention relates to a foothold fixing apparatus, and more particularly, to a foothold fixing apparatus which is included in a temporary installation body installed for working a high place when constructing a structure such as a ship, a building, etc., fixes a support bar for supporting a foothold in the longitudinal direction intersecting with the transverse direction corresponding to the lengthwise direction thereof, and enables footholds adjacent to each other to be stably connected to each other.