polehead

The portion of a mast above the crossbar that holds the sail, which sometimes support a flag or topsail.

The sketch is from a photograph, and shows one of these old type of vessels before a light wind, with a small square topsail set upon the polehead of her single lofty spar.

She was painted in encaustic purple, with a scarlet forecastle; her stern canopy was of laminated and gilded plates, with a carved lantern hanging from a scroll, and silk curtains to conceal the General's couch; her sails, reefed to the yard, were of purple silk; and at her polehead flew the purple flag -- the signal for action.

The top of a flagpole.

They are not seen again until the camping-ground for the night is reached, when the four tents will be found pitched ready for us, with English and American flags flying at their poleheads.

From a polehead flew a homemade flag cut from red, white and blue cloth. This ragtag banner sported the national colors of Hayes' homeland, USA.

The top of any pole.

The second type of collector is of the wood-pole, lubricated slider variety, having a box-type pole, poleheads that are individually flexible, and roller-bearing base provided with a passage for the cables and a stop to limit rotation.

The front portion of the pole that attaches a coach or wagon to the team of horses that pulls it.

The best pole-chains are those one end of which is fastened to a langet - frequently called a bridle - which slips over the end of the pole-hook, and fits into its place at the end of the polehead, the other end of the pole-chain having a long hook.

Pole pieces should, while controlling the polehead instantly, not be drawn so tight that the horses are jammed against the pole; nor should they dangle loosely about.

A housing for wires that is attached to the top of a telephone pole or similar pole carrying power lines.

I think that the construction of a polehead to take care of the overhead ground wire is open to criticism.

The polehead is insulated electrically from the pole by a rubber sleeve which also absorbs vibrations from the polehead and thereby reduces noise.