1. a peg or spike driven into a rock or crack to support a climber or a rope.
▪ two conical mountains in St Lucia in the Caribbean. Reaching a height of 798 m (2,618 ft) and 750 m (2,461 ft), they rise up out of the sea just off the south-western coast of the island.
Word Originlate 19th century: from French, literally ‘eye bolt’.
