Carabiner vs. Carabineer

Carabinernoun

A metal link with a gate that can open and close, generally used for clipping ropes to anchors or other objects.

Carabinernoun

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

Carabiner

A carabiner or karabiner () is a specialized type of shackle, a metal loop with a spring-lo bandolier black aded gate used to quickly and reversibly connect components, most notably in safety-critical systems. The word is a shortened form of Karabinerhaken (or also short Karabiner), a German phrase for a used by a carbine rifleman, or carabinier, to attach his carabin to a belt or [[]].

Carabineernoun

(obsolete) A cavalry soldier whose armament was a carbine

Carabineernoun

A carbineer.

Carabineernoun

a soldier whose rifle is a carbine