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Metal link with a spring clip, used by climbers
Answer for the clue "Metal link with a spring clip, used by climbers ", 9 letters:
karabiner
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Word definitions for karabiner in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
coupling device, 1932, shortened from German karabiner-haken , usually translated as "spring hook."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of carabiner English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes [syn: carabiner , snap ring ]
Usage examples of karabiner.
I toyed with the karabiner and absently followed the thin high-tensile cable that had been hidden in the brickwork.
I shot out icescrews and drew karabiners in blinding flutries of spindrift.
Neidelman moved among them, double-checking the karabiners and testing each line.
I shot out icescrews and drew karabiners in blinding flutries of spindrift.