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Definition of Alpenstocks
1. alpenstock [n] - See also: alpenstock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpenstocks
Literary usage of Alpenstocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Effective English: Junior by Philander Priestley Claxton, James McGinniss (1921)
"MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS WITH alpenstocks. Austrian Tyrol. (6) Alpine Flowers. ...
Notice the steel-tipped alpenstocks for use in climbing in ice and snow. ..."
2. The Foreign Freaks of Five Friends by Cecilia Anne Jones (1882)
"INTERLACHEN —LAUTERBRUNNEN —MURREN — GRINDELWALD : alpenstocks — PUSSY ON ...
The alpenstocks were only a loan. They would be in our way afterwards, ..."
3. A Too Short Vacation by Lucy Langdon Williams, Emma V. McLoughlin (1892)
"We unwittingly added two incongruous things to our picture,— the net bag and the
two alpenstocks. Andermatt is the chief town of the valley of Urseren, ..."
4. Appalachia by Appalachian Mountain Club (1898)
"Regaining our alpenstocks, we continued, looking forward to our descent of the icy
... We placed our alpenstocks across our shoulders under our pack straps, ..."
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