e/Alpenstock

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has gloss	eng: An alpenstock is a long wooden pole with an iron spike tip, used by shepherds for travel on snowfields and glaciers in the Alps since the Middle Ages. It is the antecedent of the modern ice axe.
lexicalization	eng: alpenstock
instance of	(noun) an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle ax, axe

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