"a jump over a horizontal bar by means of a pole," 1877, from pole (n.1) + vault (n.2). As a verb from 1892 (implied in pole-vaulting). Related: Pole-vaulted; pole-vaulter.
polemicist
polemicize
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pole-star
pole-vault
police
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Polichinelle
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