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piolet

 
('ə-lā') pronunciation
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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