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A pole used for leaping dykes, etc. in the Fens and Low Countries.
‘A long staff, properly such a one as shepherds use for leaping over ditches or brooks’ (Jamieson); a long pole used in leaping ditches, climbing…
a jumping pole for crossing ditches, etc.