ˈpry-pole [f. pry v.2orn.4 + pole n.1] A pole used as a ‘pry’ or lever. 1828J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 2) 188, 7. Assists number 3 at the lever, slings and unslings the gun, and lashes it to the pry-pole.1859F. A. Griffiths Artil. Man. (1862) 123 One prypole, fitted with a prypole rope.