"ascendeur" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1969, New Zealand Alpine Journal - Volume 23, page 156",
          "text": "It was the first time that I had used any type of ascendeur on a climb and only did so then because I remembered my exhausted state on Sabre, when I had scratched around on the end of the rope after de-pegging a pitch.",
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          "ref": "1992, Above and beyond, page 57",
          "text": "Willig's foot rested in the sling; when he applied his weight, the ascendeur locked in place and supported him; when he shifted his weight to his other foot, the device unlocked so that he could slide it up the track by its handle.",
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          "ref": "2013, Alastair Buchan, The Atlantic Sailor's Handbook, page 71",
          "text": "These have evolved into rope access techniques which allow workmen to work on high structures without scaffolding. The methods involved are fail safe, operated by the person climbing the mast, and make it impossible to swing out more than a couple of feet from the mast. It means wearing a climbing harness and using ascendeurs.",
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        "A metal grip that attaches to a rope sling and can be tightened to hold a climber or loosened to allow the climber to move."
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          "sling",
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          "loosen",
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          "ref": "1969, New Zealand Alpine Journal - Volume 23, page 156",
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          "text": "Willig's foot rested in the sling; when he applied his weight, the ascendeur locked in place and supported him; when he shifted his weight to his other foot, the device unlocked so that he could slide it up the track by its handle.",
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          "text": "These have evolved into rope access techniques which allow workmen to work on high structures without scaffolding. The methods involved are fail safe, operated by the person climbing the mast, and make it impossible to swing out more than a couple of feet from the mast. It means wearing a climbing harness and using ascendeurs.",
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