alpenstock
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Alpenstock, from Alpen (“alps”) + Stock (“stick”), early 19th c.
Noun edit
alpenstock (plural alpenstocks)
- A stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain.
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 30:
- […] liaison being leaked to Der Spiegel resulted in the bizarre deaths of both an Ottawan paparazzo and a Bavarian international-affairs editor, of an alpenstock through the abdomen and an ill-swallowed cocktail onion, respectively?’
Translations edit
walking stick
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Further reading edit
- alpenstock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
alpenstock m (plural alpenstocks)
Further reading edit
- “alpenstock”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
alpenstock m (plural alpenstocks)
- alpenstock (walking stick used by mountain climbers)