Poling

To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

"Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work."

To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

"He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity."

To furnish with poles for support.

"to pole beans or hops"

To convey on poles.

"to pole hay into a barn"

To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

The act of supporting or of propelling by means of a pole or poles.

"the poling of a boat"

The operation of dispersing wormcasts over the walks with poles.

One of the poles or planks used in upholding the side earth in excavating a tunnel, ditch, etc.