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push-pole 
1 n. North a long pole or stick used to push a dogsled whenever the dogs need help from the driver.
See also: pushing pole
- 1913 (1917) The going next day was good for some time, and we again let the dogs pull our toboggan, assisting them with the push-pole.
2 n. a long pole, often tipped with iron or steel, used for pushing or guiding a canoe or other boat in narrow or shallow streams.
See also: setting-pole
- 1931 Each canoe was manned by two men, each supplied with a push-pole, pique de fond in the voyageur's vocabulary.
- 1913 (1917) The going next day was good for some time, and we again let the dogs pull our toboggan, assisting them with the push-pole.