col
Clipping of column.
Noun abbreviation, alt of
- Clipping of column.
- Abbreviation of color.
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Noun geography, natural sciences
- A dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks.
- We spent half an hour on the summit before returning to our camp, where we stuffed the frozen tent and all the gear into our packs and started the long descent of the southwest ridge to rejoin Harish and others who were...
- I recall one specific trip when we climbed to Madison Hut which is located in the col between Mount Madison and Mount Jefferson. - 2012, Paul Lee, Vignettes: Musings and Reminiscences of a Modern Renaissance Man, page...
- Turn left through a gate in the right angle of the wall and drop down to a col before climbing up the hill. - 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 74:
Synonyms: nek
Coordinate Terms: bealach mountain pass pass saddle hause
- A pressure region between two anticyclones and two low-pressure regions.
Synonyms: saddle point
Origin
Borrowed from French col, from Latin collum (“neck”). Doublet of collum.