Word.ws English Dictionary

whisker pole

whisker pole noun: a removable spar extending from the mast to the jib clew used to control the position and shape of the sail when broad reaching or running.

Noun

whisker pole (plural whisker poles)

  1. A removable spar extending from the mast to the jib clew used to control the position and shape of the sail when broad reaching or running.

Forms of whisker pole

pluralwhisker poles

Questions about whisker pole

What does whisker pole mean?
Whisker pole means a removable spar extending from the mast to the jib clew used to control the position and shape of the sail when broad reaching or running.
What part of speech is whisker pole?
Whisker pole is a noun.
What is the plural of whisker pole?
The plural of whisker pole is whisker poles.

Words near whisker pole in the dictionary

  1. whisked away
  2. whisked off
  3. whisker
  4. whisker biscuit
  5. whisker biscuits
  6. whisker pole
  7. whisker poles
  8. whiskerage
  9. whiskerandoed
  10. whiskered
  11. whiskered tern

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: whisker pole (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “whisker pole.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/whisker_pole. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.