bumper n.— «Collier Hill’s first start was in a National Hunt Flat race—more commonly known as a “bumper”—designed for horses deemed too slow to win on the Flat en route to a career over jumps.» —“Bargain Buy Collier Hill Can Strike in HK...
sharrow n.— «General support for employing alternative techniques to improve bikeways where bike lanes are not feasible, such as use of shared lane arrow (“sharrow”) instead of bike route signs for many streets and roads to provide improved bicycle...
cratology n.— «The moment of truth for cratology came on October 10, when the first photographs of IL-28 crates en route to Cuba reached headquarters. Taken on September 28, these showed the Soviet ship Kasimov carrying ten crates which could only...
reef v.— «Hauled it up the route 3x, once yarding it through the chimney up top (the other times i swung it onto the face). pack got hung up on a couple of the overlaps, but i just reefed on it rather than being gentle.» —“Prototypes, Production...
viewshed n.— «The new route through the park will take the line out of sight about 90 per cent of the park visitors, and cut “viewshed” intrusion to 25 per cent.» —“Less Spoiling Route OK’d for Briones Lines” in Martinez Oakland...
feedback sandwich n.— «This is an especially tough one because they’re trying to be honest and tell it like it is. “When using this route as a dumper, provide them with what I call a “feedback sandwich” (positive-negative-positive). Don’t just...