Piolet
[pee-uh-ley] /ˌpi əˈleɪ/
noun
1.
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
/pjəʊˈleɪ/
noun
1.
a type of ice axe
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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