alepole

English edit

Alternative forms edit

ale-pole, ale pole

Etymology edit

ale +‎ pole

Noun edit

alepole (plural alepoles)

(obsolete) A pole set up as the sign of an alehouse.

Synonyms edit

alestake

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “alepole”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)