aiguille

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On the 15th, about midday, we arrived upon the summit of the aiguille, and found that we had actually been within one hundred feet of it when we turned back upon the first attempt.

From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward

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 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.

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

To these beds we shall return presently, our object just now being to examine the aiguille, which, on the Montanvert, forms the most conspicuous mass of mountain on the right of the spectator.

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