catchpole

Example Sentences

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First responders from Wyandotte police department, fire department, and animal control used a catchpole to pull Lucy back to safety.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2022

He slowly uses a long tool called a catchpole to grab the freezing animal before pulling it to safety.

From Fox News • Mar. 3, 2022

The officer put a catchpole around the dog’s neck and shoulder to slowly pull Jessie Lee closer safely so she would not fall.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2021

In haste, keepers used a catchpole with a noose to move Nilly, another young lynx, to a vacant enclosure while work on her own took place.

From The Guardian • Sep. 20, 2018

A catchpole did not catch polls, i.e. heads, nor did he catch people with a pole, although a very ingenious implement, exhibited in the Tower of London Armoury, is catalogued as a catchpole.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest