climbable

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English climb Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English climbable From climb + -able.

1. able to be climbed

   “The sound of 'Shoot! Shoot!' got farther away—they were skipping for the nearest climbable trees.”

   “2015, Turtle Bunbury, "Beyond the blarney: the best hidden gems in Ireland" in The Guardian, Travel, 16 March, 2015, https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/mar/16/ireland-top-hidden-outdoor-cultural-attractions Dursey Island is a walkers’ paradise, celebrated for its nesting colonies of seabirds, the eminently climbable Cnoc Bólais hill and a signal tower built over 200 years ago to keep watch for Napoleon’s fleet.”