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carabiner definition

cara·bi·ner (kar′ə bē′nər)

noun

in mountain climbing, an oval metal ring with a snap link used to fasten a rope to the piton

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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