alpenstock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of alpenstock
1820–30; < German, equivalent to Alpen Alps + Stock staff
Example Sentences
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She tied the rope round her waist, and took her Alpenstock in her hand.
From The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
I’ve brought my Alpenstock, a two-jointed one like a fishing-rod; and—and my ice-boots that I wore in Switzerland.”
From Seven Frozen Sailors by Fenn, George Manville
How she has squandered herself upon mountain peaks that are useless except for the Alpenstock Trust; upon violets that can't be eaten; upon giraffes whose backs slope too steeply to carry a pack!
From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher
Some more energetic wights Leave the level land, Mountaineer on dizzy heights, Alpenstock in hand.
From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner
Alpenstock, alp′n-stok, n. a long stick or staff used by travellers in climbing the Alps.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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