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piolet

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pi·o·let  (p-l)
n.
See ice ax.
[French, from French dialectal, diminutive of piola, small axe, from Old French *piola, from Old Provençal, diminutive of apcha, apia, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German happa, sickle.]
piolet [pjəʊˈleɪ]
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) a type of ice axe
[from French (Savoy) dialect piola axe]
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Noun1.piolet - an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in icepiolet - an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice
ice ax, ice axe
ax, axe - an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
Translations
piolet
n (Mountaineering) → Eispickel m
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