boat hook

a hook mounted at the end of a pole, used to pull or push boats toward or away from a landing, to pick up a mooring, etc.

Origin of boat hook

First recorded in 1605–15

Sometimes we could almost touch with our boat-hook the shelving banks on either side.

Child Life in Prose |Various
The Doctor, who would rather have taken the water-hazard himself, passed over the boat-hook.

Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North |Fullerton Waldo
Dory had noticed this fact; and, taking the boat-hook, he had thrust it down into the sand, and held her.

All Adrift |Oliver Optic
I shall rig a new sprit; there's the boat-hook, which will make a very good one; it is just the right length.

Little By Little |William Taylor Adams

On the title page I found an engraving of myself, as I appeared while hovering over the planet, accompanied by boat-hook and rope.

Niels Klim's journey under the ground |Baron Ludvig Holberg