bush pole

plural bush poles · alternative bushpole · alternative bush-pole

1. AustraliaA pole or other length of wood found or gathered in the bush, as used for basic construction, support etc.; now also a piece of timber designed to resemble such a pole.

   He shoved at one of the bush-poles that supported the roof.

   1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 294

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   The shack was a one-room bushpole construction with a corrugated iron roof and walls.

   2004, Tim Winton, “Commission”, in The Turning

   Near the forest edge stood three big military tents with scalloped air vents along their rooflines and bush pole supports tethered to big sharpened bush pegs.

   2006, Nigel Turvey, Terania Creek, page 13