pole orchard noun the half-acre of utility poles at the Fort Gordon, Georgia Signal Corps School where linemen are given climbing instruction US
— Carl Fleischhauer, AGlossaryofArmySlang, p. 7, 1968
“ Prepare to ascend the poles,” Staff Sgt. Doug Foster tells a group of soldiers, each harnessed to a 30-foot pole at the fort’s Pole Orchard. — Augusta(Georgia)Chronicle, p. A1, 15 March 1999