shear pole
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of shearpole.
Example Sentences
- "How will you place the shear pole and mats?"
- "I took a shear pole and rammed into the hole, but it was not long enough, and I could not reach them."
- "The line from upper block must lead through a snatch block at base of shear pole."
- "Raising of a tower by means of a drop-off shear pole. Prior to erection, tensions in all guys as well as pressures acting on the shear pole and hinges must be determined by graphical methods for several positions of the tower and the distance of the shear pole from the foundation found at which the tension on the pulling line will be least at the start of the raising operation when the tower is still in a low position."