CARABINER

Carabiner

A carabiner or karabiner is a metal loop with a spring loaded gate used to quickly and reversibly connect components in safety-critical systems. The word is a shortened form of "Karabinerhaken", German for "spring hook for a carbine".

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carabiner

Noun

  1. A metal link with a gate that can open and close, generally used for clipping ropes to anchors or other objects.


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