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MOUSQUETON OVAL [1 record]

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Record 1 1993-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

A type of carabiner that has an oval shape. (Rock Gear: Everybody's Guide to Rock Climbing Equipment, 1990, p. 366).

CONT

An oval carabiner is, logically enough, shaped like an oval, with the gate on one side. (Climbing: A Guide to Mountaineering, 1977, p. 381).

CONT

The oval is the most versatile carabiner ... Climbers sometimes use the oval biner for clipping into their protection on a climb. (Rock Gear: Everybody's Guide to Rock Climbing Equipment, 1990, p. 129).

OBS

Most climbers use the standard oval carabiners for most purposes. (Learning to Rock Climb, 1981, p. 73).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
OBS

Les mousquetons. [...] Ils sont de formes variées (ovales, triangulaires, piriformes et oblongues). (L’alpinisme, 1987, p. 37).

OBS

Terme proposé par inférence.

Spanish

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