Meanings
nounlodge pole (plural lodge poles)
plural lodge poles · alternative lodge-pole
- USA 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 together.
1822, “Skin Lodges of the Konza Indians. From Maj. Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains”, in Port Folio
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