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crash mat
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈkræʃ ˌmæt/ us /ˈkræʃ ˌmæt/
a piece of thick soft material used in sports, etc. so that someone can jump or fall from a height without hurting themselves:
There should be crash mats on the floor surrounding the trampoline.
When he got up from the crash mat, he found that he had not only cleared the bar but had broken the school record.
In bouldering, falls don't usually result in serious injury, particularly if you use a crash mat.
Not too many people hurt themselves falling off a trapeze because there are crash mats and supporters there to protect them.
A cast member broke his ankles when he missed a crash mat in a high-wire fall at the film studio.
The story goes that in one performance of Tosca, a stage manager replaced the crash mat that cushions the heroine's suicidal plunge from the castle walls with a trampoline.
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