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pole ((n.))
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a long pole, often tipped with iron or steel, used for pushing or guiding a canoe or other boat in narrow or shallow streams.
See: setting-pole
Quotations
1808
. . . every Inch must be gained by the Pole or the Line. . . .
1950
The pole and line were used ordinarily in ascending a stream with a swift current. The poles were usually ten feet in length, made of good ash and shod with an iron ferrule at each end.