piton
Americannoun
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pitons
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of piton
1895–1900; < French: ringbolt, peak (of a mountain)
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Where to hammer a piton into rock or ice to secure a rope on which life might hang?
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2017
I got as far as Walkaway, and I want to stick a pin in the board there, or hammer a piton into the side of the cliff, to help me find the next step there.
From The Verge ● Jul. 16, 2017
It was like rock climbing: one piton stake at a time.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2016
After an hour's work, he drove a piton into the rock, hooked a finger through the piton's eye and leaned dizzily backwards to search for a route above.
From Time Magazine Archive
A small wandering rain storm drifted against the tallest piton and split in two, one half going away down the coast and the rest passing close enough to us to shower the decks with drops.
From Jungle Peace by William Beebe
The company that began manufacturing pitons in 1973 and became a global outdoor apparel giant began its own publishing program in 2007.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2023
Union Island, spiky with pitons, is sometimes called the Tahiti of the Caribbean, and after the quiet isolation of the marine park, it felt like a return to civilization.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2022
He set up his first company – a small climbing equipment firm – more than 50 years ago only because no one was selling the kind of pitons he wanted.
From The Guardian ● May 10, 2019
He began making his own, reusable pitons, out of chrome steel, and before long he was selling them to friends and strangers, at a dollar-fifty a pop.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 12, 2016
Celebrating their success, the summit team left an offering of prayer flags, katas, and climbing pitons on what appeared to be the highest point, and then descended into the fast-rising blizzard.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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