aiguille

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The word aiguille does not point to the castle on the Creuse.

From The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

It is seen, as there shown, from the moraine of the Charmoz glacier, its summit bearing S. 40� W.; and its cleavage bed leaning to the left or S.E., against the aiguille Blaiti�re.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John

Next, to the left, comes the largest of the buttresses of which I have spoken, almost forming an aiguille in itself.

From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward

It was exactly like the front of Notre Dame, with one slender aiguille, like a flagstaff, shooting up from the top of one of its battlemented towers.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

She was reading the account of the first ascent of an aiguille in the Chamonix district, held by guides to be impossible and conquered at last by a party of amateurs.

From Running Water by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)