DCHP-3

gee-pole

[? < gee]
North
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a strong hardwood pole, six to seven feet long, attached to the side of a dog-sled and extending ahead at an angle, used by the driver as a guiding device and as a support while the sled is in motion.

Quotations

1899
Jack snapped the long lash of his whip, shook the "gee-pole" to free the runners, cried "Mush!". . . .
1928
On one side of the leading sled was what would correspond to a wagonpole, called the 'gee-pole!
1940
[In most cases a person [steers] by pressure on a pole extending forward and upward from the right side of the front end.]