push-pole

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — North

a long pole or stick used to push a dogsled whenever the dogs need help from the driver.

Quotations

1913

The going next day was good for some time, and we again let the dogs pull our toboggan, assisting them with the push-pole.

2n.

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

1931

Each canoe was manned by two men, each supplied with a push-pole, pique de fond in the voyageur's vocabulary.