单词 | alpenstock |
释义 | alpenstock|ˈælpənstɒk| [mod.Ger.; Alpen (gen. pl.) of the Alps + stock stick.] A long staff pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps, whence it has passed into general use in mountain climbing.
1829C. Latrobe The Alpenstock; or Sketches of Swiss Scenery Advt. 5 The Alpenstock is the name of the long iron-spiked pole, in common use on the Alps, in the hands of the chamois-hunter and the pedestrian traveller. 1871Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (ed. 6) I. vii. 232 The handle of a pitchfork doing, in my case, the duty of an alpenstock. |

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