Talk:imp-pole

RFV discussion: April–May 2023
A pole for supporting a scaffold. - This might actually be imp. pole (i.e. imperial pole???), which is probably an actual thing. Sorry for being so vague... It is probably (talk) 10:58, 11 April 2023 (UTC)


 * OED has it as a run-on entry from, cited only to Knight's dictionary of mechanics. Presumably our sense 3.3 of imp (noun) is meant. Anyway I am certainly not able to find it except in dictionaries and a section of the U.S. Government style manual talking about how to hyphenate words. This, that and the other (talk) 01:17, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

RFV-failed, probably a real word at some place and time in history, but not verifiable This, that and the other (talk) 09:31, 13 May 2023 (UTC)