double pole

verb

To ski by planting both poles onto the ground and pushing back onto them, with both feet aligned side-by-side, moving both skies together; to use the double-pole technique.

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Meanings

verbdouble pole (third-person singular simple present double poles, present participle double poling, simple past and past participle double poled)

present singular third person double poles · participle present double poling · participle past double poled · past double poled

  1. hobbiesTo ski by planting both poles onto the ground and pushing back onto them, with both feet aligned side-by-side, moving both skies together; to use the double-pole technique.

Origin

From double + pole.

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APA

double pole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20pole

MLA

“double pole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20pole. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “double pole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/double%20pole.

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