"pitchpole" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From pitch + pole.",
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      "form": "pitchpoles",
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      "form": "pitchpoling",
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      "form": "pitchpoled",
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      "form": "pitchpoled",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "text": "Pitchpoling is the most dangerous way a boat can capsize.",
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        {
          "text": "Pitchpoling occurs when the bow buries itself in the wave ahead while the wave behind lifts the aft section up and over.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1977 February, Ben Kocivar, “How to get started in hot-rod sailing”, in Popular Science, volume 210, number 2, page 111:",
          "text": "The advanced design of new cats makes pitchpoling less likely.",
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        "To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf."
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        "(of a boat) To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf."
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "capsize end over end",
          "word": "mennä keulan kautta ympäri"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "capsize end over end",
          "word": "sancir"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɪt͡ʃpoʊl/",
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  "word": "pitchpole"
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          "text": "Pitchpoling occurs when the bow buries itself in the wave ahead while the wave behind lifts the aft section up and over.",
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        },
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        "To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf."
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        "(of a boat) To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf."
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "capsize end over end",
      "word": "mennä keulan kautta ympäri"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "capsize end over end",
      "word": "sancir"
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  "word": "pitchpole"
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