Meanings
nouncarrying pole (plural carrying poles)
plural carrying poles · alternative carrying-pole
- A yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load.
Synonyms: milkmaid's yoke, pingo, shoulder pole
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load.
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Translations
Basque edarraga, uraga
- edarragaa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- uragaa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Bulgarian коби́лица
- коби́лица (kobílica)a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Catalan collader, collada
- colladera yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- colladaa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- fustegala yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- fusteguera yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Chinese Cantonese 擔挑 /担挑
- 擔挑 /担挑 (daam³ tiu¹)a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Chinese Mandarin 扁擔 /扁担, 擔杖 /担杖
- 扁擔 /扁担 (biǎndan)a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- 擔杖 /担杖 (dānzhàng)a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- 擔挑 /担挑 (dāntiāo)a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- 擔子 /担子 (dànzi)a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Danish åg
- åga yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Dutch draagstok, pikolan
- draagstoka yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- pikolana yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Esperanto vekto
- vektoa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Estonian kaelkoogud, kaelpuud
- kaelkooguda yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- kaelpuuda yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- õlapuuda yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Finnish korento, ämmänlänget
- korentoa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- ämmänlängeta yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- iesa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
French palanche, chambalon
- palanchea yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- chambalona yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
German Tragjoch, Tragstange
- Tragjocha yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- Tragstangea yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Hawaiian ʻauamo
- ʻauamoa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Indonesian pikulan
- pikulana yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Irish coirb
- coirba yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Italian bilanciere, bilanciere da trasporto
- bilancierea yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- bilanciere da trasportoa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Japanese 天秤棒
- 天秤棒 (tenbinbō)a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Korean 멜대
- 멜대 (meldae)a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Lithuanian naščiai
- naščiaia yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Malay kandar
- kandara yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Māori amo
- amoa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Norwegian Bokmål åk, børtre
- åka yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- børtrea yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Polish koromysło, nosidło
- koromysłoa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- nosidłoa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Portuguese calão, canga
- calãoa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- cangaa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Romanian cobiliță
- cobilițăa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Russian коромы́сло
- коромы́сло (koromýslo)a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Spanish balancín de carga, yugo de portador
- balancín de cargaa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- yugo de portadora yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Swedish bärstång
- bärstånga yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Tagalog pingga
- pinggaa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Thai ไม้คาน, คาน
- ไม้คานa yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- คาน (kaan)a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Turkish omuzluk
- omuzluka yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Ukrainian короми́сло
- короми́сло (koromýslo)a yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
Vietnamese đòn gánh, đòn triêng
- đòn gánha yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
- đòn triênga yoke of wood or bamboo, used by people to carry a load
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