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A metal loop pretending to be a carabiner but secretly stronger and slower.
means A quick link is a small oval or D-shaped metal loop closed by a threaded screw-gate sleeve, used to connect hardware semi-permanently when a true carabiner's speed isn't needed.
from A plain compound of "quick" and "link," born of industrial hardware jargon. "Quick" here carries its old sense of "ready, prompt" (from Old English cwic, "alive, lively" — the same root that lets the "quick" of your fingernail mean living flesh), while "link" descends from Old Norse hlekkr, a chain-loop. The irony the essence notes is real: the threaded sleeve makes it slower than a snap-gate carabiner, so the "quick" is a manufacturer's promise more than a mechanical truth.
- screw shut
- Threaded gate must be hand-tightened, no spring snap
- shape names
- Comes in oval, delta, and pear varieties
- load rated
- Stamped strength often exceeds many spring carabiners
- climbing use
- Permanently links anchors and rappel stations
- french origin
- Also called maillon rapide, meaning quick link
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