lodge pole
(US) A pole used to support the covering of traditional temporary structures in the American West.
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(US) A pole used to support the covering of traditional temporary structures in the American West.
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…
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