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- Piton - Wikipedia
A piton ( ˈpiːtɒn ; also called pin or peg) in big wall climbing and in aid climbing is a metal spike (usually steel) that is driven into a crack or seam in the climbing surface using a climbing hammer, and which acts as an anchor for protecting the climber from falling or to assist progress in aid climbing
- PITON Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PITON is a spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber)
- PITON | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PITON definition: 1 a spike (= a piece of metal with a sharp point at one end) that climbers put in cracks in the… Learn more
- piton noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
a short pointed piece of metal used in rock-climbing The piton is fixed into the rock and has a rope attached to it through a ring at the other end
- piton - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
piton (third-person singular simple present pitons, present participle pitoning, simple past and past participle pitoned) (climbing) To put pitons into a rock ice to facilitate climbing
- Piton - definition of piton by The Free Dictionary
A metal spike fitted at one end with an eye for securing a rope and driven into rock or ice as a support in mountain climbing [French, from Old French, nail ] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Pitons - American Alpine Club
Pitons are one of the oldest types of rock protection and were invented by the Victorians in the late 19th century Pitons are metal spikes which are inserted into cracks in the rock and secured by hammering them into place with a piton hammer
- PITON Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
PITON definition: a metal spike with an eye through which a rope may be passed See examples of piton used in a sentence
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