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   pole

   /pəʊl/

   noun

   • 1. a long, slender, rounded piece of wood or metal, typically used with one end placed in the ground as a support for something: "a tent pole"
   • ▪ a long, slender, flexible rod of wood or fibreglass used by a competitor in pole-vaulting.
   • ▪ a young tree with a straight slender trunk and no lower branches: "new poles should be protected from grazing livestock"
   • ▪ short for ski pole
   • ▪ a wooden shaft fitted to the front of a cart or carriage drawn by animals and attached to their yokes or collars.
   • ▪ a simple fishing rod: "they tell you on the tin that their tuna is entirely caught with pole and line"
   • 2. another term for perch historical British
   • ▪ another term for perch

   verb

   • 1. propel (a boat) by pushing a pole against the bottom of a river, canal, or lake: "the boatman appeared, poling a small gondola"

   Word Origin late Old Englishpāl (in early use without reference to thickness or length), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch paal and German Pfahl, based on Latin palus ‘stake’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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