piolet

pi·o·let  (p-l)

n.

See ice ax.

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[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.]

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piolet [pjəʊˈleɪ]

n

(Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) a type of ice axe

[from French (Savoy) dialect piola axe]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

piolet - 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