nut tool
- noun
- Jargon
:
herramienta para tuercas
- He used his nut tool to carefully extract the chock from the narrow crack.
Examples
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Without a nut tool, retrieving passive protection can be almost impossible on multipitch climbs.
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Every climber should carry a nut tool to retrieve stuck gear after a difficult lead.
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He always carries a nut tool when climbing.
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Have you seen my nut tool?
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Every climber should carry a nut tool to retrieve stuck gear after a difficult lead.
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He used his nut tool to carefully extract the chock from the narrow crack.
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Without a nut tool, retrieving passive protection can be almost impossible on multipitch climbs.
Synonyms
A small tool climbers use to pull metal pieces from cracks in rock
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Morphology
This is a straightforward noun–noun compound whose meaning is a tool for dealing with a "nut," so a learner who knows the hardware sense of 'nut' and 'tool' can infer it denotes a tool used on/removing nuts. The compositional purpose relation (tool for X) is a common, transparent pattern across languages, so the overall meaning is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Nut tool gets its name from the small metal nut climbers put into a crack and the hooked tool used to pull it out. So, it means a special tool used to remove a stuck piece of 'protection' from the rock.