bush pole

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bush pole (plural bush poles)

  1. (Australia) A pole or other length of wood found or gathered in the bush, as used for basic construction, support etc.; now also a piece of timber designed to resemble such a pole.
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 294:
      He shoved at one of the bush-poles that supported the roof.
    • 2004, Tim Winton, “Commission”, in The Turning:
      The shack was a one-room bushpole construction with a corrugated iron roof and walls.
    • 2006, Nigel Turvey, Terania Creek, page 13:
      Near the forest edge stood three big military tents with scalloped air vents along their rooflines and bush pole supports tethered to big sharpened bush pegs.
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