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DOIGT OUVERTURE [1 record]

Record 1 1990-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
DEF

That part of a carabiner which springs open and shut allowing climbing rope in or enabling carabiner to hook onto other equipment. ("The Mountaineering Handbook : an invitation to climbing" by Curtis Casewit and Dick Pownall)

CONT

A carabiner always has a "gate", which permits it to go through the eye of the piton and lets the climbing rope in .... never use a snap link with a broken or damaged gate; the latter should open and close with ease. ("The Mountaineering Handbook : an invitation to climbing" by Curtis Casewit and Dick Pownall)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
DEF

Partie mobile du mousqueton qui s'ouvre vers l'intérieur et se referme à l'aide d'un petit ressort.

CONT

[...] ouverture et la fermeture [du mousqueton] sont assurées par un "doigt" latéral à tenons, et à ressort. ("Alpinisme moderne" de Giancarlo Del Zotto, 1971, p. 51)

OBS

Source de "doigt d'ouverture" : "L'alpinisme en 10 leçons" de Jean Carron. Source de "cliquet de fermeture" : "L'alpinisme" de Félix Lévitan.

Spanish

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