shear pole

English

Noun

shear pole (plural shear poles)

1. Alternative form of shearpole
   • 1862, The seaman's catechism, page 62:

     How will you place the shear pole and mats?

   • 1876, George Miller, The Jefferson Borden Mutiny: Trial of George Miller, John Glew and William Smith for Murder on the High Seas, Before Clifford and Lowell, JJ.-, page 98:

     I took a shear pole and rammed into the hole, but it was not long enough, and I could not reach them.

   • 1903, National Electric Light Association. Convention, page 84:

     The line from upper block must lead through a snatch block at base of shear pole.

   • 1963, Vladimír List, Karel Pochop, Mechanical Design of Overhead Transmission Lines, page 465:

     Raising of a tower by means of a drop-off shear pole. Prior to erection, tensions in all guys as well as pressures acting on the shear pole and hinges must be determined by graphical methods for several positions of the tower and the distance of the shear pole from the foundation found at which the tension on the pulling line will be least at the start of the raising operation when the tower is still in a low position.