[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pole \pole\, n. as. p=al, l. palus, akin to pangere to make
   fast. cf. pale a stake, pact.
   1. a long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of
      timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been
      removed; as, specifically:
      a a carriage pole, a wooden bar extending from the front
          axle of a carriage between the wheel horses, by which
          the carriage is guided and held back.
      b a flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported.
      c a maypole. see maypole.
      d a barber's pole, a pole painted in stripes, used as a
          sign by barbers and hairdressers.
      e a pole on which climbing beans, hops, or other vines,
          are trained.
          1913 webster

   2. a measuring stick; also, a measure of length equal to 5?
      yards, or a square measure equal to 30? square yards; a
      rod; a perch. --bacon.
      1913 webster

   pole bean bot., any kind of bean which is customarily
      trained on poles, as the scarlet runner or the lima bean.
      

   pole flounder zool., a large deep-water flounder
      glyptocephalus cynoglossus, native of the northern
      coasts of europe and america, and much esteemed as a food
      fish; -- called also craig flounder, and pole fluke.
      

   pole lathe, a simple form of lathe, or a substitute for a
      lathe, in which the work is turned by means of a cord
      passing around it, one end being fastened to the treadle,
      and the other to an elastic pole above.

   pole mast naut., a mast formed from a single piece or
      from a single tree.

   pole of a lens opt., the point where the principal axis
      meets the surface.

   pole plate arch., a horizontal timber resting on the
      tiebeams of a roof and receiving the ends of the rafters.
      it differs from the plate in not resting on the wall.
      1913 webster
see also:
pale pact maypole pole bean pole flounder glyptocephalus cynoglossus 
craig flounder pole fluke pole lathe pole mast pole of a lens 
pole plate 

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