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pi·o·let
(pē'ə-lā') 
n.
See ice ax.
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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