Definition of Ice axe

1. Noun. An ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice.

Exact synonyms: Ice Ax, Piolet
Generic synonyms: Ax, Axe

Definition of Ice axe

1. Noun. An axe used by mountaineers to cut footholds in the ice ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ice Axe

ice-hockey rink
ice-jack
ice-out
ice-pick lobotomies
ice-pick lobotomy
ice-skate
ice-skated
ice-skater
ice-skates
ice-skating
ice-skating rink
ice-wagon
ice age
ice ages
ice ax
ice axe
ice axes
ice bag
ice bags
ice barrier
ice barriers
ice bath
ice baths
ice bear
ice blue
ice blues
ice boat
ice boats
ice breaker
ice breakers

Literary usage of Ice axe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"For this an ice-axe is needed, the common form being a small pick-axe on the end of a pole as long as from the elbow of a man to the ground. ..."

2. Mountaineering by Clinton Thomas Dent (1892)
"Indeed, it was many years before the term ' ice-axe' was firmly established. It is not fully recognised even in 'Peaks, Passes, and Glaciers' (1859), ..."

3. Scrambles Amongst the Alps: In the Years 1860-'69 by Edward Whymper (1872)
"Almer and Biener undertook the work, leaving Croz and MY ICE-AXE. myself firmly planted on the rocks to pay out rope to them as they advanced. ..."

4. The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1909)
"Crevasses of late had been so few and far between that I thought it was an unnecessary precaution to take my ice-axe with me, but I had scarcely gone more ..."

5. Siberia: A Record of Travel, Climbing and Exploration by Samuel Turner (1905)
"I immediately relinquished hold of my ice-axe and knocked the snow away from about my head ... Then I began to crawl, the ice-axe serving to drag me along, ..."

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