Definitions for "barber pole"
A wage containing different set chips that vary is value. For example a bet of a $1 chip, $5 chip and a $10 chip which are staked together.
A wager that contains cheques of varying denominations. Sometimes used to describe a stack of differently-colored cheques that are improperly stacked (interspersed denominations).
A wager made using a stack of various chips. (The alternating colors of the different chips resemble a barber's pole.)
a pole with red and white spiral stripes; -- usually found outside a barbershop.
Stripe defect in stranded wire due to discoloration, wrong size, or high strand of single end
Slang], a thunderstorm updraft with a visual appearance including cloud striations that are curved in a manner similar to the stripes of a barber pole. The structure typically is most pronounced on the leading edge of the updraft, while drier air from the rear flank downdraft often erodes the clouds on the trailing side of the updraft.
Keywords:  tight, veneer, loose, knife, matching
The noticeable color variation that occurs when a distortion of the grain is created by the knife blade. The knife blade, as it hits the wood, creates a "loose" side where the cells have been opened up by the blade and a "tight" side. Because the "tight" and "loose" faces alternate in adjacent pieces of veneer in book matching, they may accept stain differently.
An effect in book matching of veneers resulting from tight and loose sides of veneers causing different light reflections when finished.