Sentence:  For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir <WSD>poles</WSD> out of the sand. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.