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pole-hook

pole-hook is the alternative form of pole hook.

Meaning of pole hook

Noun

pole hook (plural pole hooks)

  1. A hook that is attached to a pole and used to suspend or hold an object.
  2. Of a carriage, a steel or iron hook attached to a pole-crab, used to hold the whippletrees when four horses are employed.
  3. Synonym of boathook.
    Synonyms:
    boathook

Forms of pole-hook

pluralpole-hooks

Questions about pole-hook

What is pole-hook the alternative form of?
Pole-hook is the alternative form of pole hook.

Words near pole-hook in the dictionary

  1. pole-crabs
  2. pole-guard
  3. pole-guards
  4. pole-head
  5. pole-heads
  6. pole-hook
  7. pole-hooks
  8. pole-hound
  9. pole-hounds
  10. pole-jocking
  11. pole-jockings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pole-hook (page history and authors); pole hook (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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