ridgeline

noun

ridge·​line ˈrij-ˌlīn How to pronounce ridgeline (audio)
: a line marking or following a ridgetop

Examples of ridgeline in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Number of Bike Trails: 629 Most Popular Bike Trail on Trailforks: The Wasatch Crest Trail is a classic mountain-bike ride in Park City, running for 13 miles west of the city with plenty of high-alpine ridgeline singletrack and accompanying big-mountain views. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 12 Aug. 2024 Though hiking the ridgeline was about as easy as sheep hunting ever gets, crossing the saddles was often murder. Jim Carmichel, Outdoor Life, 25 July 2024 The Cookeville, Tennessee, man fell from the ridgeline of Snowdon Peak, the San Juan County Office of Emergency Management said in a July 6 news release. Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 7 July 2024 Two other firefighters, Brad Haugh and Kevin Erickson, who had waited by a tree (subsequently referred to in accounts as The Tree) 200 feet below the ridgeline to encourage the crew on the way up, had to flee, receiving first- and second-degree burns respectively. Alison Osius, Outside Online, 1 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for ridgeline 

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Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ridgeline was in 1856

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“Ridgeline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridgeline. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.

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