Meaning

1 senses

  1. An ice axe/ice ax.

More definitions
  • an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice

Origin

Borrowed from French piolet, or its source, Franco-Provençal piolet (“small axe”).

Borrowed from French piolet, or its source, Franco-Provençal piolet (“small axe”).

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Forms

plural: piolets
Singularpiolet
Pluralpiolets

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice:ice axice axe

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pinpointpintB2pintopioneerC1piouspip
piolet — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto