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piton
[ pee-ton ]
noun
, Mountain Climbing.
- a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed.
piton
/ pitɔ̃; ˈpiːtɒn /
noun
- mountaineering a metal spike that may be driven into a crevice of rock or into ice and used to secure a rope
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Word History and Origins
Origin of piton1
1895–1900; < French: ringbolt, peak (of a mountain)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of piton1
C20: from French: ringbolt
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Example Sentences
The Spaniard sang a wordless melody as he drove in pitons and secured us to the rock face.
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Allow me my piton's shrug for the man who has gone only by train.
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It's very good of you and Mr. Piton to let us carry little Anna off.'
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Nothing thus could have soothed him better than this talk with Mr. Piton.
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He took a steel piton out of his tool pack, transferred it to his left hand, and took out a hammer.
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Particularly impressive is the beauty of one purple cone in the midst of this many-colored chain: the Piton Gl.
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