pingo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year.

noun

A flexible pole supported on one shoulder, with a load suspended from each end.
A measure of weight equivalent to that which can be carried using a pingo, perhaps about 55 pounds (25 kilograms) (see the 2013 quotation).

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From Greenlandic pingu or Inuktitut pingu (“hummock, small hill”).

hydrolaccolith carrying pole milkmaid's yoke shoulder pole picul

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