ラッセル

noun

snowplow; track-clearing vehicle

Abbreviation of ラッセル車. Refers to a railway snowplow or a vehicle that clears tracks of snow.

See also: ラッセル車

• 大おお雪ゆきの後あと、ラッセルが線せん路ろの除じょ雪せつを行おこなった。

  After the heavy snow, the snowplow cleared the railway tracks.

noun

trail-breaking; carving a path through deep snow

Used in mountaineering for the act of walking at the front to create a trail in deep snow. Often used with する as a suru-verb.

• 雪ゆき山やまでは、先せん頭とうの人ひとがラッセルを担たん当とうする。

  In snowy mountains, the person at the front is responsible for breaking the trail.

• 深ふかい雪ゆきの中なかをラッセルしながら進すすんだ。

  We advanced while carving a path through the deep snow.