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Piton Ring For Fastening Ropes Crossword Clue

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noun

• an oblong metal ring with a spring clip; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes

38%10 Caribbean island known for its twin Piton mountains
noun

• a country on the island of Saint Lucia; gained independence from Great Britain in 1979

• a volcanic island in the Windward Isles to the south of Martinique

37%5 What piton users do
noun

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

• the act of climbing something

verb

• go upward with gradual or continuous progress

• move with effort, by grasping

• go up or advance

• slope upward

• improve one's social status

• increase in value or to a higher point

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New York Times28 Mar 1992 Down 3
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