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▪ I. poler|ˈpəʊlə(r)|
[f. pole n.1 or v.1 + -er1.]
†1. A stirring pole: see quot. 1688. Obs.
1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 350/2 A Tanners Pooler, or Poler..is..to stir up the Ouse, or Bark and Water. 1704Dict. Rust., Pooler, or Poler. 1730–6Bailey (folio), Pooler, Poler. 1775Ash, Pooler. So in mod. Dicts.
2. One who sets up or fixes hop-poles.
1848Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. IX. ii. 552 That the polers may place the poles to suit the apparent wants of the hills. Ibid. 554 If new poles require to be carried..the poler is paid extra.
3. The horse or other draught-beast harnessed alongside the pole; a wheeler. Austral. and N.Z.
1863S. Butler First Year in Canterbury Settlement vii. 105 The leaders..slewed sharply round, and tied them⁓selves into an inextricable knot with the polars. 1878E. S. Elwell Boy Colonists 234 The polers, that is, the bullocks attached to the pole of the dray, and accustomed to bear the weight of the dray-load on their necks, are always the quietest. 1881A. C. Grant Bush Life Queensland I. iv. 40 The intelligence displayed by the leaders and polers [bullocks] was very great. 1888‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms (1890) 45 To..work like an old nearside poler. 1929W. S. Smyth Bonzer Jones 97 The ‘polers’ pulled back. 1936I. L. Idriess Cattle King viii. 68 They call the two polers the pin bullocks, because they swing the turntable of the wagon! 1941― Great Boomerang vi. 48 The leaders had reared right back on the polers, the team in terrified confusion. 1959H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker ii. 36 A bullock-team is made up in four parts: polers, pin, body and leaders... The polers..have the job of steadying the dray or wagon while the pin-bullocks take the pull. 1972Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 21 May 2/2 The team was made up as follows: Polers on the wagon pole were usually low set and chunky.
4. a. One who propels a barge, boat, or canoe by means of a pole.
1895Outing (U.S.) XXVII. 71/1 A pole is attached to the bow of the lighter; the other end is held by a bare-footed negro... There are generally two polers to each lighter. 1896Daily Chron. 15 Aug. 9/3 The poler, standing in the stern, can always push the stern out and so bring the bow into the bank. Ibid., It is possible with one poler to keep a perfectly straight course, but it is not easy.
b. A boat propelled with a pole or poles.
1925Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 253/1, I was travelling by ‘poler’ because no steamer was available.
5. Austral. slang. A cadger, sponger; one who shirks work. Cf. pole v.1 8.
1938X. Herbert Capricornia (1939) xxxii. 486 ‘You long-jawed poler,’ Norman roared. ‘Living on the fat of the land, while your poor damn flock feeds on soup and coconuts and what they can root out of the bush.’ 1945[see hummer n.2 2]. 1947I. Douglas Opportunity in Australia 89 Poler, one who does not pull his weight. 1952A. G. Mitchell in Chambers's Shorter Eng. Dict. Suppl., Poler, one who sponges on another, or avoids his fair share of work... (The polers in a bullock team are yoked to the pole and often leave most of the pulling to the leading bullocks.)
▪ II. poler
var. poller. |