canoe pole

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a long pole, often tipped with iron or steel, used for pushing or guiding a canoe or other boat in narrow or shallow streams.

Quotations

1933

Henry wants a pipe coupling for the business end of his canoe pole. . . .

1963

[I heard] the muffled click of a canoe-pole on the stones. . . .