I referred to my little project as a “traverse”. In common parlance, we/I often use the term to describe “crossing” something.  Merriam-Webster seems to agree. So it seemed reasonable to refer to my hike as a “traverse” of the Kinsman Ridge.  Unh unh.   It turns out that various disciplines of mountaineering have differing ideas of what “crossing”, and therefore “traversing”, might mean and have coopted differing interpretations for their own jargon.