pole
noun
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc..
have poled
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present perfectof pole.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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We have poled our staunch canoe Many a boiling torrent through; Paddling where the eddies drew, Athwart the roaring flood we flew.
From Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses by John Douglas Sutherland Campbell
With others I have poled the Fraser on those very tempestuous waters that took such toll of life in '62.
From The Cariboo Trail A Chronicle of the Gold-fields of British Columbia by Agnes C. (Agnes Christina) Laut
