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Metal-tipped mountaineering stick
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alpenstock
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Word definitions for alpenstock in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alpenstock \Al"pen*stock`\, n. [G.; Alp, gen. pl. Alpen + stock stick.] A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps. --Cheever.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers
Usage examples of alpenstock.
Each man had an opera-glass, a canteen, and a guide-book case slung over his shoulder, and carried an alpenstock in one hand and a sun-umbrella in the other.
If the tourist forgets and comes down to breakfast without his alpenstock he goes back and gets it, and stands it up in the corner.
There are artisans all about Switzerland whose trade it is to burn these things upon the alpenstock of the tourist.
Ten minutes afterward we met a hot, red-faced man plunging down the mountain, making mighty strides, swinging his alpenstock ahead of him, and taking a grip on the ground with its iron point to support these big strides.
The alpenstock must be of the best wood, for if it should break, loss of life might be the result.
There they were, coming down the passage from a side door--she in front with her alpenstock and rucksack--smiling.
His companion thanked him for the compliment, and the child, who had now got astride of his alpenstock, stood looking about him, while he attacked a second lump of sugar.
The little boy had now converted his alpenstock into a vaulting pole, by the aid of which he was springing about in the gravel and kicking it up not a little.
Winterbourne presently released the child, who departed, dragging his alpenstock along the path.
Harben lowered his crude alpenstock over the edge of the rock fragment.
A man hanging at the end of the alpenstock might conceivably swing into the fissure, but h would necessitate a feat of acrobatics far beyond the powers of either himself or Gabula.
African carving, a battered toy locomotive, a banderilla, an alpenstock carved with the names of formidable climbs, a tiny ivory Buddha and a broken crucifix.
Our alpenstocks and muslin tails compelled attention, and as we moved through the village we gathered a considerable procession of little boys and girls, and so went in some state to the castle.
He shouldered our satchels, overcoats, and alpenstocks, and we set out up the steep path.
These people moved in single file, and were all tied to a strong rope, at regular distances apart, so that if one of them slipped on those giddy heights, the others could brace themselves on their alpenstocks and save him from darting into the valley, thousands of feet below.