Forepole

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  forepole \fore"pole`\ (f[=o]r"p[=o]l`), a. (Mining)
     One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead on
     top of a set of the main timbering in advancing a level in
     loose ground.
  
     Syn: spile[4]; spill[2d].


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