(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:44:19

Al"pen*stock` (#), n. [G.; Alp, gen. pl. Alpen + stock stick.]

A long staff, pointed with iron, used in climbing the Alps.

Cheever.

 

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