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Definition of piolets - 2 dictionary results

pi⋅o⋅let

[pee-uh-ley]
–noun
an ice ax used in mountaineering.

Origin:
1865–70; < F < Franco-Provencal; cf. piolet, pioula, derivs. of apia ax ≪ Gmc; see hatchet
pi·o·let   (pē'ə-lā')   
n.  See ice ax.

[French, from French dialectal, diminutive of piola, small axe, from Old French *piola, from Old Provençal, diminutive of apcha, apia, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German happa, sickle.]
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