DCHP-1 Online
gee-pole [? < gee] North 
n. a strong hardwood pole, six to seven feet long, attached to the side of a dog-sled and extending ahead at an angle, used by the driver as a guiding device and as a support while the sled is in motion.
- 1899 Jack snapped the long lash of his whip, shook the "gee-pole" to free the runners, cried "Mush!". . . .
- 1928 On one side of the leading sled was what would correspond to a wagonpole, called the 'gee-pole!
- 1940 [In most cases a person [steers] by pressure on a pole extending forward and upward from the right side of the front end.]
- 1899 Jack snapped the long lash of his whip, shook the "gee-pole" to free the runners, cried "Mush!". . . .