ice axe

noun

1. a light axe used by mountaineers for cutting footholds in snow or ice, to provide an anchor point, or to control a slide on snow; it has a spiked tip and a head consisting of a pick and an adze

Example Sentences

In any case, the debate was settled in Stalin’s favor, not through reasoned debate but via an ice axe buried in Trotsky’s skull by an assassin in 1940.

From Los Angeles Times

Barton said Taylor "thought it'd be a fantastic idea when you were having a scrap to pull an ice axe out and swing it into somebody and it stuck in his head".

From BBC

Arran Mountain Rescue warned conditions on Arran's hills were highly changeable and asked climbers to equip themselves for full winter conditions with ice axe and crampons.

From BBC

He said this meant crampons and an ice axe were also needed.

From BBC

Crossing the High Sierra in June usually means slow going over deep snow, with crampons on your boots and an ice axe in hand.

From New York Times