ALL meanings of poled
pole
P p - noun poled a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc.: a telephone pole; a fishing pole. 1
- noun poled Northeastern U.S. a long, tapering piece of wood or other material that extends from the front axle of a vehicle between the animals drawing it. 1
- noun poled Nautical. a light spar. that part of a mast between the uppermost standing rigging and the truck. 1
- noun poled the lane of a racetrack nearest to the infield; the inside lane. Compare post1 (def 5). 1
- noun poled a unit of length equal to 16½ feet (5 meters); a rod. 1
- noun poled a square rod, 30¼ square yards (25.3 sq. m). 1
- verb with object poled to furnish with poles. 1
- verb with object poled to push, strike, or propel with a pole: to pole a raft. 1
- verb with object poled Baseball. to make (an extra-base hit) by batting the ball hard and far: He poled a triple to deep right-center. 1
- verb with object poled Metallurgy. to stir (molten metal, as copper, tin, or zinc) with poles of green wood so as to produce carbon, which reacts with the oxygen present to effect deoxidation. 1
- verb without object poled to propel a boat, raft, etc., with a pole: to pole down the river. 1
- idioms poled under bare poles, Nautical. (of a sailing ship) with no sails set, as during a violent storm. stripped; naked; destitute: The thugs robbed him and left him under bare poles. 1