smoke pole

Noun

• IPA^(key): /ˈsməʊk ˌpəʊl/

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Verb

• IPA^(key): /ˌsməʊk ˈpəʊl/

smoke pole (plural smoke poles)

1. The central, vertical pole of a teepee.
   • 1989, Reginald Laubin, Gladys Laubin, Stanley Vestal, The Indian tipi: its history, construction, and use:

     A little cross stick is tied to the smoke pole of the four-pole tipi where it is secured to the flap to prevent its going through too far. The cover for a four-pole tipi is cut quite differently from that for a three-pole one.

   • 2000, Julian Harris Salomon, The Book of Indian Crafts and Indian Lore:

     To keep the end of the smoke pole from going too far through the hole, a small cross-piece should be lashed to it about two feet from the end.

   • 2015, Barend Van Kimball, Tuck and Nip: A Novel, →ISBN:

     Hanging on the center smoke pole high above the small smoldering fire hung two beadeye dolls.

2. A ridgepole.
   • 1962, Ørnulv Vorren, Ernst Mauritz Manker, Lapp Life and Customs: A Survey, page 44:

     These rafters are connected at the top by a round bar, the smoke pole, which also serves to take the hooks on which the cooking pots are suspended.

   • 1979, Philip Drew, Tensile architecture, page 16:

     The support structure of the arched-post tent consists of two inclined arches joined by three transverse poles, a ridge or smoke-pole at the top and two other poles at about half the height.

3. (slang) A firearm.
   • 1994, Wesley Ellis, Lone Star 144/sierra, →ISBN:

     Drawing a deep, steadying breath, Barefoot smelled the machine oil of the well-kept smoke pole. His very first shot put an immediate stop to Swann's barraging of Jessie.

   • 2009, Michael Pitzer, Native Re-Enacting Made Easy, →ISBN, page 5:

     When first introduced to the flintlock, Steve and I worked at a State Prison and he made me promise to never utter the words “smoke pole” at work for fear of people getting the wrong idea about us.

   • 2013, Robert F. (Bob) Turpin -, Gun Smoke Justice, →ISBN:

     “You reach for that smoke pole, law dog, and you're a dead man.”

4. A long stick or pole with a burning tip, used to repel insects.
   • 1885, Gleanings in bee culture, volume 13:

     I separate my swarms with my smoke-pole, holding It near the swarm already settled, which will prevent others from settling.

   • 1890, American Bee Journal - Volume 26, page 22:

     A smoke-pole is quite handy to keep two or more swarms from settling together.

   • 1998, John S. Marsh, Bruce W. Hodgins, Changing Parks, →ISBN, pages 126–127:

     Another commented on such useful bush-lore as lighting a fire with a shoe-lace, stick, and dry birch bark, and using an “Indian smoke pole” to keep bugs away.

smoke pole (third-person singular simple present smokes pole, present participle smoking pole, simple past and past participle smoked pole)

1. (slang, very rare) To perform fellatio.
   • December 2004, Los Angeles Magazine p. 100[1]

     "Can you imagine," says Oddo, "the personal history that a 12-year-old little girl has to come from to start smoking pole 50 times a night for her pimp? It breaks your heart."

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