PANHANDLE • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Panhandle

... inaccuracies of map makers, the ambiguities of diplomats, the clash of local interests, and stiff-necked national pride made a settlement difficult. In 1825 Russia and Great Britain had signed a treaty which granted Russia a long panhandle strip down the Pacific coast. With the purchase of Alaska in 1867 the United States succeeded to Russia's claim. With the growth of settlement in Canada this long barrier down half of her Pacific coast was found to be irksome. Attempt after attempt to have the line determined ...

— The Canadian Dominion - A Chronicle of our Northern Neighbor • Oscar D. Skelton

... panhandle at Baker street to the Ocean Beach, the park stretches like a massive gold-green buckler enameled with lustrous gems. There are 1013 acres in the park, its Main Drive, including the panhandle, being ...

— Fascinating San Francisco • Fred Brandt and Andrew Y. Wood