#pole a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic supertype: #rod a long thin implement made of metal or wood subtype: #barge_pole__bargepole a long pole used to propel or guide a barge; "I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole" subtype: #microphone_boom__boom a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set subtype: #caber a heavy wooden pole (such as the trunk of a young fir) tossed as a test of strength (in the Highlands of Scotland) subtype: #mast.pole any sturdy upright pole subtype: #ski_pole__skipole a pole with metal points used as an aid in skiing subtype: #spar a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging subtype: #boom any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring subtype: #bowsprit a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel subtype: #dolphin_striker__martingale spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat subtype: #gaff.spar a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail subtype: #jibboom a spar that extends the bowsprit subtype: #mast a vertical spar for supporting sails subtype: #foremast the mast nearest the bow in vessels with two or more masts subtype: #jiggermast__jigger any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl subtype: #jury_mast a temporary mast to replace one that has broken off subtype: #mainmast the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts subtype: #mizzenmast__mizenmast__mizzen__mizen third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy subtype: #topmast the mast next above a lower mast and topmost in a fore-and-aft rig subtype: #fore-topmast the topmast next above the foremast subtype: #main-topmast the topmast next above the mainmast subtype: #royal_mast__royalmast topmast immediately above the topgallant mast subtype: #topgallant_mast__topgallant a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged vessel subtype: #sprit a light spar that crosses a fore-and-aft sail diagonally subtype: #yard.spar a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen subtype: #main_yard yard for a square mainsail subtype: #stilt one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground; "he was so tall I thought he was on stilts"
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