Wiktionary
alt. A type of quant pole used to propel a barge#Noun through the water n. A type of quant pole used to propel a barge#Noun through the water
WordNet
n. a long pole used to propel or guide a barge; "I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole"
Usage examples of "barge pole".
Aria teetered in the stern as she pushed the boat deeper into the inlet, using the oar like a barge pole, Cozro could swim: his third splashing breaststroke brought him almost close enough to grab the gunwale.
In rapid order Moon Boy became poison ivy, a patch of deadly nightshade, and a clump of red berries I wouldn't have approached with a barge pole.
She grabbed at the barge pole, clutching it as though it were the shepherd's crook of her very own guardian angel.
You seem terribly chummy with just about everyone, including all the extreme fringe groups that no one else would touch with a barge pole.
A cut vine here, a landing place there, the mark of a barge pole on a submerged sandbar.
I would touch her with a barge pole, provided it was a good long one.
Unfortunately, both races have a horrendous taboo against interbreeding, and no Firvulag would touch a human with a barge pole.