ice axe

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noun

a light axe used by mountaineers for cutting footholds in snow or ice, to provide an anchor point, or to control a slide on snow; it has a spiked tip and a head consisting of a pick and an adze

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How to use ice axe in a sentence

By careful inquiry in the outer Hut he finds an ice-axe, crowbar and hurricane lantern.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Among other losses there were both spade and ice-axe, but fortunately a spare tent-cover was saved.
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
In one of these attempts he dropped his ice-axe, without which he could never hope to return alive.
Adventures on the Roof of the World|Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond
But his feet never left the ice-axe beneath, for in the process of gripping his hands slipped.
Adventures on the Roof of the World|Mrs. Aubrey Le Blond

Under the snow, at some distance up the slope, we found a fine new ice-axe, the property of one of the guides.
Hours of Exercise in the Alps|John Tyndall