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US
/ˈpiˌtɔn/
]
[ UK /pˈɪtən/ ]
[ UK /pˈɪtən/ ]
NOUN
- a metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold
How To Use piton In A Sentence
- You heard that correct, no pitons, no chocks, no carabiners, no protection to secure the ropes in the event of a fall.
- Kapiton stayed till late at night at the ginshop with a friend of his, a man of gloomy appearance, to whom he related in detail how he used to live in Petersburg with a gentleman, who would have been all right, except he was a bit too strict, and he had The Torrents of Spring
- These openings in the rock were an ideal place to hammer in ‘pitons,’ spikes or pegs used for safety and sometimes support.
- Trailing behind the piton was a microthin line of duranium cable. A Time to Kill
- The researchers included an appended isocyanate group so that the precipiton would react with amines.
- Members of Harvard and Dartmouth's mountaineering clubs claimed many of North America's most difficult first ascents, and for years upper-class British climbers deemed it unsporting to use pitons, or iron spikes, on even the most harrowing verticals. The Gentleman Adventurer
- In 1947 Cassin began designing and making equipment, starting with pitons, hammers, ice-axes and harnesses before moving into articles of clothing such as eiderdown jackets. Latest news breaking news current news UK news world news celebrity news politics news
- Hundreds of visitors and locals sip on Carib and Piton, munch on all the various fish and chicken sold, and between mixes enjoy salsa, reggae, calypso, cadence, zouk, and hip-hop.
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- Around the two Piton sites we shared the ocean with parrotfish, trumpetfish, smooth trunkfish, cornetfish, tiger grouper, a trio of barracuda, rock beauties, Spanish hogfish and many more exotic species.