aiguille

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In our opinion the western aiguille can hardly be more than 200 feet higher than the eastern one.

From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward

The hollow in the heart of the aiguille is as smooth and sweeping in curve as the cavity of a vast bivalve shell.

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

It was exactly like the front of Notre Dame, with one slender aiguille, like a flagstaff, shooting up from the top of one of its battlemented towers.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

It needs to be buried in the snow by Joseph, and drunk out of a horn tumbler, at the foot of an aiguille, after a six hours' climb, to be at its best.

From Olivia in India by Douglas, O.