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pike pole
noun
- (in lumbering) a long pole with a metal point and a fixed hook, for catching and guiding logs.
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of pike pole1
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
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The animals today aren't killed but they are injured by a man on horseback who uses what appears to be a type of pike pole.
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Luis Hernandez starts in the cab, while Jordan St. John, on the deck, gives hand signals and uses a pike pole — a long pole with a dagger point — to guide the log in.
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Ilett maneuvered a pike pole in the water to pull the octopus over to the boat.
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Timothy D. Young, walked past her at a fire scene carrying a long “pike pole” and told her “this looks like it would hurt,” her lawsuit said.
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Somebody had started the creaking boat with the purchase of a pike pole at the rear.
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