aiguille
[ey-gweel, ey-gweel]
- a needlelike rock mass or mountain peak.
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Origin of aiguille
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Contemporary Examples
“Step into the Void” is the newest attraction on the uppermost terrace of Aiguille du Midi.
A New Installation in the French Alps Allows Visitors to Walk Off the Highest Mountain PeakJustin Jones
December 21, 2013
Historical Examples
By the way, you were all reading about that ascent of the Aiguille Verte, the other day?
The Crown of Wild OliveJohn Ruskin
Cross cleavage, the second in Aiguille Bouchard; straight and sharp.
Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V)John Ruskin
The holiday dream of five years was accomplished; the Aiguille du Dru was climbed.
True Tales of Mountain AdventuresMrs. Aubrey Le Blond
From there over twenty-four more pylons a cable one thousand four hundred meters long took us to the foot of the Aiguille.
The Spell of SwitzerlandNathan Haskell Dole
One lovely day about this time I set out once more to try my hand (or rather my feet) alone upon the Aiguille.
The Beckoning Hand and Other StoriesGrant Allen
aiguille
- a rock mass or mountain peak shaped like a needle
- an instrument for boring holes in rocks or masonry
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Word Origin
C19: French, literally: needle
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aiguille
[ā-gwēl′]
- A sharply pointed mountain peak found in regions that have undergone intense glaciation. Aigulles are believed to be the remnants of the elevated areas separating two adjacent cirques.
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