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piton

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pi·ton  (ptn)
n.
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.]
piton [peet-on]
Noun
Mountaineering a metal spike that may be driven into a crack and used to secure a rope [French]
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Noun1.piton - a metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold
spike - sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes; "spikes provide greater traction"
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I bring Dick into good air, as the doctors do, every day, in Europe, or, as I would send a patient at Martinique to the Pitons, a lofty mountain on that island, to get clear of the yellow fever.
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