Meanings
plural peaklets
- A small peak, especially by topographic prominence.
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.
2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 911 more example
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.
1877 Sep, John Muir, ‘Snow-Storm on Mount Shasta’, Harper's Monthly
Origin
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