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

  • 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

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  • British and European English mountaineering term for a carabiner.

    January 15, 2009