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Definition of Ice axe
1. Noun. An ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice.
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
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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