alpenstock

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English

alpenstock

Etymology

Borrowed from German Alpenstock, from Alpen (“alps”) +‎ Stock (“stick”), early 19th c.

Noun

alpenstock (plural alpenstocks)

  1. 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?’

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Noun

alpenstock m (plural alpenstocks)

  1. alpenstock

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Noun

alpenstock m (plural alpenstocks)

  1. alpenstock (walking stick used by mountain climbers)
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