D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

forepole

/(fōr"pōl`)/ · fore·pole · IPA
01 a. One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead on top of a set of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
  1. 1.
    One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead on top of a set of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.(Mining)
Syn. spile{4}; spill{2d}.