Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An open link closed by a spring, used to connect chains, parts of harness, etc.
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- noun An alternative term for
carabiner
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Examples
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I brought with me a four-foot safety belt I'd fashioned by braiding a clothesline rope and fixing a D-ring on one end and a metal snap-link on the other.
Will Liddy, G. Gordon 1980
hernesheir commented on the word snap-link
British and European English mountaineering term for a carabiner.
January 15, 2009