spring-pole

It was a rawhide rope stretched there by Conan, and it tripped a spring-pole which started a sudden avalanche that overwhelmed all the soldiers except Nestor, who escaped, bruised, and with his armor scratched and dinted.

The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

It was a rawhide rope stretched there by Conan, and it tripped a spring-pole which started a sudden avalanche that overwhelmed all the soldiers except Nestor, who escaped, bruised, and with his armor scratched and dinted.

The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian Howard, Robert E. 2003

It was a rawhide rope stretched there by Conan, and it tripped a spring-pole which started a sudden avalanche that overwhelmed all the soldiers except Nestor, who escaped, bruised, and with his armor scratched and dented.

The Conan Chronicles Howard, Robert E. 1989

The loop is set about eighteen inches in diameter, and is attached to either a spring-pole or a tossing-pole -- or, more correctly speaking, a tree sufficiently large to raise and support the weight of the bear.

The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905

A spring-pole is made by setting a springy pole in such a position that when the snare is sprung, the tension is released, and the pole, springing up, hauls the animal against a stationary bar set horizontally above the loop of the snare, and holds the quarry there.

The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905

a plunger-pole that was attached to a spring-pole overhead.

Chapter 16 2010

a plunger-pole that was attached to a spring-pole overhead.

Chapter 16 1908

a spring-pole; the difference being that a tossing-pole is usually made by bending down a small tree -- the size of the tree being determined by the size of the game -- to the top of which is fastened the snare; or the tossing-pole may be made by cutting a pole for that purpose.

The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Arthur Henry Howard Heming 1905