Associations to the word «Piton»
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PITON, noun. A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber)
PITON, verb. (climbing) to put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing
Dictionary definition
PITON, noun. A metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.