travois pole

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a pole, usually a teepee pole, used as one of the shafts of a travois (def. 2).

See: travois(def. 2)

Quotations

. . . Angus could see the Stoneys trooping on their way, befeathered with dragging travois-poles.

1963

No tree grew for travois poles, and I could not haul the meat.