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pi·o·let

 (pē′ə-lā′)
n.
See ice axe.
[French, from French dialectal, diminutive of piola, small axe, from Old French *piola, from Old Provençal, diminutive of apcha, apia, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German happa, sickle.]
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piolet

(pjəʊˈleɪ)
n
(Mountaineering) a type of ice axe
[C19: from French (Savoy) dialect piola axe]
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pi•o•let

(ˌpi əˈleɪ)

n.
an ice ax used in mountaineering.
[1865–70; < French < Franco-Provençal; compare piolet, pioula, ders. of apia ax « Germanic]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.piolet - an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in icepiolet - an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice
ice ax, ice axe
ax, axe - an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
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Translations

piolet

n (Mountaineering) → Eispickel m
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Captain Jamie Dalrymple (63) had led Glamorgan's 148 for seven, after Rikki Clarke (2-31) and Jeetan Patel (2-31) had done the vast amount of damage backed up by the disciplined Keith Barker (1-17) and Steffan Piolet (1-19).
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They were decisively shackled in midinnings by Steffan Piolet and the ever-impressive Jeetan Patel (in nine T20s this season the most the Kiwi has conceded is 27).
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Young Steffan Piolet produced another encouraging display by leaking only 17 runs from three overs, a mere eight from his first two, including one wicket, as well as bagging two catches.
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Knowle and Dorridge will be missing county players Stef Piolet and Richard Johnson.
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Bowling: Javid 4-0-25-0; Clarke 1-0-14-0; Patel 4-0-27-0; Wright 4-0-26-1; Woakes 3-0-15-1; Piolet 1-0-13-0; Evans 0.4-0-10-0.
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The visitorswere on78 for two at their halfway mark having lost Harvey ( 6), caught Stefan Piolet bowled Carter, and Riki Wessels ( 28), caught Ant Botha bowled Piolet.
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BERKSWELL bounced back from last week's pummelling by Warwickshire's Stefan Piolet with a slender tenrun success over defending champions Walsall.
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Berkswell's hopes of making Premier Division progress were shattered when Warwickshire's Steffan Piolet condemned them to a ninewicket derby defeat at Knowle & Dorridge.
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Warwickshire included three Twenty20 debutantes - all-rounders Steffan Piolet and Keith Barker, two plus points from this season's failed Friends Provident Trophy campaign, and young wicketkeeper Richard Johnson.
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