pike pole

noun

1. (in lumbering) a long pole with a metal point and a fixed hook, for catching and guiding logs.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pike pole¹

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Example Sentences

The pike-pole was to do the rest; and the next ten degrees to be overcome would probably cause the greatest expenditure of force.

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I stepped on the frame at the very centre, or at the most dangerous spot, and applied all my strength to a pike-pole.

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By the side of each, grounded like a rifle, was a stout six-foot mahogany pike-pole.

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In midstream the men were sacking logs with peavey, or directing with pike pole.

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Old Etienne set the rake and the pike-pole against the fence.

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