Pole bowled over with vigour, dismissing first one (8)

I believe the answer is:

bowsprit

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'pole' is the definition.
(bowsprit is a kind of pole)

'bowled over with vigour dismissing first one' is the wordplay.
'bowled over with' becomes 'bow' (this might be a standard abbreviation I've not previously seen).
'vigour' becomes 'esprit'.
'dismissing first one' means to remove the first letter.
'esprit' with its first letter taken off is 'sprit'.
'bow'+'sprit'='BOWSPRIT'

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(Other definitions for bowsprit that I've seen before include "Spar projecting from front of a boat" , "Spar projecting from the front of a sailing vessel" , "See component of boat" , "Projecting spar at front of sailing ship" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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