artificial aid

noun

1. mountaineering another name for aid

Example Sentences

Everyone agrees that, in an ideal world, it would not exist, that drivers could follow closely and overtake without an artificial aid.

From BBC

Others worry that the runners are benefiting from an artificial aid that wasn’t available to previous generations.

From Washington Post

Of most interest to fans and drivers has long been the pursuit of cars that can follow one another more closely, enabling more overtaking, potentially without the artificial aid of DRS.

From The Guardian

He was kept alive with food and water delivered through a gastric tube, but was able to breathe without artificial aid and he occasionally opened his eyes.

From BBC

He can breathe without artificial aid and occasionally opens his eyes.

From BBC