"lodge pole" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "lodge poles",
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        "plural"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1822, “Skin Lodges of the Konza Indians. From Maj. Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains”, in Port Folio",
          "text": "The structure when completed is in the form of a sharp cone. At the summit is a small opening for window, chimney, &c., out of which the lodge poles project some distance, crossing each other at the point where the four shortest are tied together.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pole used to support the covering of traditional temporary structures in the American West."
      ],
      "id": "en-lodge_pole-en-noun-FK25~7e5",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(US) A pole used to support the covering of traditional temporary structures in the American West."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lodge-pole"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lodge pole"
}

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    {
      "form": "lodge poles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English countable nouns",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1822, “Skin Lodges of the Konza Indians. From Maj. Long's Expedition to the Rocky Mountains”, in Port Folio",
          "text": "The structure when completed is in the form of a sharp cone. At the summit is a small opening for window, chimney, &c., out of which the lodge poles project some distance, crossing each other at the point where the four shortest are tied together.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pole used to support the covering of traditional temporary structures in the American West."
      ],
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        "(US) A pole used to support the covering of traditional temporary structures in the American West."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "lodge-pole"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lodge pole"
}