aiguille

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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

This strange aiguille has been crowned with a beautiful Romanesque chapel for some nine centuries, and it is just possible that a Roman temple stood there at an earlier date.

From France by Home, Gordon Cochrane

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 aiguille may generally be represented by the type a, Fig.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John

It is seen, as there shown, from the moraine of the Charmoz glacier, its summit bearing S. 40� W.; and its cleavage bed leaning to the left or S.E., against the aiguille Blaiti�re.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John