alpenstock

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On the 16th of August, 1856, I received my Alpenstock from the hands of Dr. Hooker, in the garden of the Pension Ober, at Interlaken.

From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John

Some more energetic wights Leave the level land, Mountaineer on dizzy heights, Alpenstock in hand.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner

How she has squandered herself upon mountain peaks that are useless except for the Alpenstock Trust; upon violets that can't be eaten; upon giraffes whose backs slope too steeply to carry a pack!

From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher

Alpenstock, alp′n-stok, n. a long stick or staff used by travellers in climbing the Alps.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

She tied the rope round her waist, and took her Alpenstock in her hand.

From The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] by Hillern, Wilhelmine von