DCHP-1 Online
squaw pole 
1 a pole cut in the bush for use in a temporary shelter and left behind on breaking camp.
See also: lodgepole (def. 1)
- 1966 The peaked lodge differed in having a ridge pole like a modern tent, supported by squaw poles lashed together.
2 See chiploquorgan quotes. [See picture at chiploquorgan.]
See also: chiploquorgan (and picture)
- 1966 I took the axe and cut a slender pole, stuck one end in the ground and leaned it out over the fire. I rescued the teetering pot and hung it on the end of my newly erected squaw pole.
- 1966 The peaked lodge differed in having a ridge pole like a modern tent, supported by squaw poles lashed together.