peaklet

English

Etymology

From peak +‎ -let.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpiːklət/

Noun

peaklet (plural peaklets)

  1. A small peak, especially by topographic prominence.
    • 1877 Sep, John Muir, ‘Snow-Storm on Mount Shasta’, Harper's Monthly:
      As viewed from the north, it is an irregular blunt peaklet about ten feet high, fast disappearing before the stormy atmospheric erosion to which it is subjected.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 91:
      There is a line of jagged peaklets, like an array of dog's teeth, called the Tschingelhorner, and beyond them, the Hole of St Martin.
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