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Definition of Carabiner
1. Noun. An oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes.
Generic synonyms: Fastener, Fastening, Fixing, Holdfast, Hoop, Ring
Definition of Carabiner
1. Noun. A metal link with a gate that can open and close, generally used for clipping ropes to anchors or other objects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carabiner
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carabiner
Literary usage of Carabiner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"carabiner. г. я. r. \ère сом/., to rifle; to groove. (Marine. ... Il ne Jait que
carabiner, lie stakes only a small sum now and then. ..."
2. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century by Leopold von Ranke (1875)
"... environ deux milles dans cette situation, jusques à l'entrée d'un village, où
les ennemis commencèrent à carabiner sur nos flancs. ..."
3. Tagbuch Einer Reise in Inner-Arabien by Julius Euting, Enno Littmann (1896)
"Emir verehrten Mauser-Repetir-carabiner eine Schachtel Vaselin ein, dazu eine
alte Zahnbürste. — Abends kam ein Harbi, Namens Paris; es war aber nichts aus ..."
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