DCHP-3

pushing pole

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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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

Quotations

1896
One of my dogs had injured his shoulder on the way to Providence, and I had to turn him out of the harness and help the others with the pushing stick.
1921
When the sleighing grew heavy, the drivers used long pushing poles against the ends of the sleds to help the dogs.
1938
The dogs were soft, the going bad because of a thaw, but, using pushing poles, we came just after dark to . . . the bottom of the lake.