pole ((v.))

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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propel a boat or canoe by means of a pole.

Quotations

1827

[We] hauled and poled up the Lower Flats and reached the Lower Burntwood portage at 10. . . .

1961

Attacking a rapid upstream, the voyageurs would . . . paddle the canoe, "demi-charge," line or pole the canoe, make a "décharge," or portage.