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 • Jan. 15, 2023

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

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2019

It was an hour later, with the pike pole for a feeler, before we dared approach the body, hook on to it, and tow it aft.

From The Grain Ship by Robertson, Morgan

After a few moments, however, the pike pole floated to the surface, but the man's body, drained, no doubt, of its buoyant fluids, remained on the deck.

From The Grain Ship by Robertson, Morgan

Worming himself into the twenty inch sewer he went through the filthy main for a distance of twelve or fifteen feet, pushing the pike pole ahead of him.

From The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Hunt, Henry M.