lodge pole

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lodge pole (plural lodge poles)

  1. (US) A pole used to support the covering of traditional temporary structures in the American West.
    • 1822, “Skin Lodges of the Konza Indians. From Maj. Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains”, in Port Folio:
      The structure when completed is in the form of a sharp cone. At the summit is a small opening for window, chimney, &c., out of which the lodge poles project some distance, crossing each other at the point where the four shortest are tied together.
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