aiguille
Americannoun
noun
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a rock mass or mountain peak shaped like a needle
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an instrument for boring holes in rocks or masonry
Etymology
Origin of aiguille
1810–20; < French: literally, needle < Vulgar Latin *acūcula, alteration of Late Latin acucula, equivalent to acu ( s ) needle + -cula -cule 1; cf. acicula
Example Sentences
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I do not know if their rude resemblance to two figures, on opposite sides of a table or altar, has had anything to do with the name of the aiguille.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
The larger masses of the whole aiguille, and true contour of this horn, are carefully given in plate 30, Fig.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
Next, to the left, comes the largest of the buttresses of which I have spoken, almost forming an aiguille in itself.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward
The word aiguille does not point to the castle on the Creuse.
From The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander
Their real aspect will be understood in a moment by a glance at the opposite plate, 31, which represents the central aiguille in the woodcut outline Fig.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
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