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piton

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun piton has 1 sense

piton(n = noun.artifact) Array - a metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold; Array

is a kind of

spike

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CIDE DICTIONARY

piton, n.

A metal spike having a sharpened point on one end, and a hole through which a rope can be passed on the other; it is driven into the face of a rock cliff during climbing, and used as an anchor point for a rope. [PJC]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

piton, n. a peg or spike driven into a rock or crack to support a climber or a rope.

Etymology

F, = eye-bolt

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