alepole

English

Alternative forms

• ale-pole, ale pole

Etymology

From ale +‎ pole.

Noun

alepole (plural alepoles)

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

Synonyms

• 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)