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snap-link
snap-link n.
Brit. 
/ˈsnaplɪŋk/
, /ˈsnaplɪŋk/U.S. /ˈsnæpˌlɪŋk/
(a) (see quot. 1875); (b) = karabiner n./ˈsnæpˌlɪŋk/ΘΚΠ
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runner1688
runner ring1791
ice axec1800
alpenstock1829
rope1838
climbing-iron1857
piolet1868
snap-link1875
prickera1890
middleman('s) knot (also loop, noose, etc.)1892
chock1894
glacier-rope1897
piton1898
run-out1901
belaying-pin1903
snap-ring1903
ironmongery1904
line1907
Tricouni1914
ice claw1920
peg1920
sling1920
ice piton1926
ice hammer1932
karabiner1932
rock piton1934
thread belay1935
mugger1941
running belay1941
piton hammer1943
sky-hook1951
etrier1955
pied d'éléphant1956
rope sling1957
piton runner1959
bong1960
krab1963
rurp1963
ice screw1965
nut1965
traverse line1965
jumar1966
knife-blade1968
tie-off1968
rock peg1971
whammer1971
Whillans whammer1971
Whillans harness1974
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2229/2 Snap-link, an open link with a spring, for the purpose of connecting parts of harness, chains, etc.
1946 D. R. Brower Man. Ski Mountaineering (ed. 2) iii. 28 The army aluminium carabiner (snaplink) has equal strength, weighs much less.
1981 L. Deighton XPD xxxvii. 294 Never mind all these modern contraptions—pitons, snap links and stirrups.
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