carabiner

[kar-uh-bee-ner]

car·a·bi·ner

[kar-uh-bee-ner]
noun
a D-shaped ring with a spring catch on one side, used for fastening ropes in mountaineering.


Origin:
1915–20; < Austrian German Karabiner, shortening of German Karabinerhaken carbine hook, equivalent to Karabiner (< French carabine carbine + German -er -er1) + Haken hook; it was originally used to fasten carbines to bandoleers
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carabiner (ˌkærəˈbiːnə)
 
n
a variant spelling of karabiner

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