pike pole

American  

noun

1. (in lumbering) a long pole with a metal point and a fixed hook, for catching and guiding logs.

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Etymology

Origin of pike pole

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Example Sentences

Luis Hernandez starts in the cab, while Jordan St. John, on the deck, gives hand signals and uses a pike pole — a long pole with a dagger point — to guide the log in.

From Seattle Times

Ilett maneuvered a pike pole in the water to pull the octopus over to the boat.

From The Guardian

Somebody had started the creaking boat with the purchase of a pike pole at the rear.

From Project Gutenberg

The drive was strung for miles, and all along the banks prowled husky rivermen, peavey or pike pole in hand, keeping the sticks hustling.

From Project Gutenberg

But he has a voice that can outshout any of them, and he knows how to use a picka-roon to nudge the four-foot "blocks" from their great stacks into the river, and how to help sluice them through the dams with a pike pole.

From Time Magazine Archive