A mechanical device or surface designed to provide traction or grip for feet.
From 'foot' + 'grip' (to hold securely), a modern compound term from 20th-century engineering and climbing vocabulary.
Footgrips on climbing walls and slippery surfaces represent humans engineering solutions to friction—we've spent centuries trying to make surfaces stick to our soles better.
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