rognon

/ rɔɲɔ̃ /

noun

1. mountaineering an isolated rock outcrop on a glacier

Word History and Origins

Origin of rognon¹

C20: literally: kidney

Example Sentences

“The design of the jacket was focused on keeping the material and technologies at low price to have an affordable product,” one of the team members, Carine Rognon, told IEEE.

From The Verge

Of these the most southern134 takes its rise at the foot of the precipices which fall steeply down from the Calotte,135 and its stream, as it joins that of the Miage, is cut in two by an enormous rognon of rock.

From Project Gutenberg

In descending the ice-fall we passed to the right of the Petit Rognon, and at the base of the Séracs halted and thought we would have something to eat.

From Project Gutenberg

In most years it would not be easy to discover the way through the complicated crevasses of the ice-fall situated between the “Rognon” and the easterly rocks of the Aiguille du Midi; but in 18— so much snow had fallen early in the spring and so little had melted during the summer, that we experienced comparatively little difficulty in descending almost in a straight line.

From Project Gutenberg

It is known as La Vierge au Rognon, the virgin of the kidney.

From New York Times