poledadj.1
/pəʊld/, U.S. /poʊld/ Provided with or supported by a pole or poles, esp. of a specified type or number.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [adjective] > types of tent
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matted1720
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [adjective] > having masts
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poled1894
1632 P. Holland tr. Xenophon Cyrupædia 148 The foure poled chariot likewise of Abradatas drawne with eight Steeds, was very bravely and gallantly set out.
1712 J. Mortimer Art of Husbandry: Pt. II ii. 229 Neither can you expect a Crop from over-poled Ground.
1791 H. Grace Code Mil. Standing Regulations Bengal Establishment viii. 66/1 To each subaltern officer one small square single poled tent.
1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene i. ix. 287 This is a two-poled tent, with a connecting ridge-pole.
1894 Westm. Gaz. 1 Jan. 2/1 The proportion of ‘poled’ steamers, and of sailing ships with masts that can be readily lowered, is always increasing.
1955 Archit. Rev. 118 365 A limbo of shacks, bogus rusticities, wire and aerodromes, set in some fir-poled fields.
1999 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 11 Sept. 15 A poled route leads down into and across the wide, flat expanse of the extinct South Crater.
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poledadj.2
/pəʊld/, U.S. /poʊld/ U.S. Of an ox, etc.: poleaxed.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > poleaxed
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poled1911
1911 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 4 Aug. 6/5 A bystander took a step forward, hit the loud mouthed one behind the ears and he went down like a poled ox.
1958 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 26 Aug. 4/3 The marshal..slammed the long barrel against the side of Tavenner's head. Tavenner went down like a poled steer.
2002 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen (Nexis) 8 May 7 b He fell to the floor like a poled ox, never to move on his own again.
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poledadj.3
/pəʊld/, U.S. /poʊld/ Physics.
Of a ferroelectric material: made electrically polar by the temporary application of a strong electric or magnetic field.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric polarization > [adjective] > relating to ferroelectricity > rendered polar
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1961 Proc. IRE 49 1162/1 Poled ferroelectric ceramics have become an important component in electromechanical devices.
1975 D. G. Fink Electronics Engineers' Handbk. vii. 58 Poled ferroelectric devices are capable of doing electric work when driven mechanically, or mechanical work when driven electrically.
2004 Jrnl. Mod. Optics 51 1433 We have used a periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) crystal and a pulsed 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser to perform the up-conversion to a 631 nm photon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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