blondin noun1 •A specialized type of material ropeway that incorporates a mechanism to raise and lower loads vertically from the suspended ropeway.His Irish labourers were accommodated on the north bank of the bridge when blondins were used to carry men and materials across the river. — 1982 formsblondins
Blondin noun1 •An expert tightrope walker.But the several schemes that I imagined for passing a message from the train were so doubtful of success, or required the sure-footedness of a Blondin, that I discarded each of them in turn. — 2015 formsBlondins
