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‖ piolet|pjɔlɛ|
[F., prop. Savoy dial. piolet, dim. of piolo, app. cognate with F. pioche, pic. Cf. med.L. piola, rabot, plane, scraper; also a kind of sword (Du Cange).]
An ice-axe used by Alpine climbers.
1868T. G. Bonney Alpine Regions xii 323 If you intend to wander much on the glaciers without guides,..a piolet is preferable [to the alpenstock]. 1887Pall Mall G. 3 Sept. 11/2 The old guides..stood at ease leaning on their piolets. 1902Daily Chron. 19 Aug. 5/7 All three..had barely time to plant their piolets in the ice and fasten the cord before they were carried to the brink of a precipice. |