piolet
[pee-uh-ley]
- an ice ax used in mountaineering.
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Origin of piolet
1865–70; < French < Franco-Provençal; compare piolet, pioula, derivatives of apia ax ≪ Germanic; see hatchet
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piolet
- a type of ice axe
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Word Origin
C19: from French (Savoy) dialect piola axe
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Word Origin and History for piolet
n.
1868, from Savoy French piolet "climber's ice-axe" (19c.), diminutive of piolo "axe," perhaps from Medieval Latin piola "plane, scraper."
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