telegraph post

English

Etymology

From their original purpose of carrying telegraph lines, first used around 1843 by William Fothergill Cooke.

Noun

telegraph post (plural telegraph posts)

1. A pole, usually wooden, that carries telephone lines above a street.
   • 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Aircraft on rail tracks”, in Trains Illustrated, page 650:

     Here the protection consists of a 50lb per mile cadmium copper trip-wire mounted on short telegraph posts on both sides of the line, 4ft above rail level.

Translations

pole that carries telephone lines

• Arabic: عَمُود البَرِيد m (ʕamūd al-barīd)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電線桿 / 电线杆 (diànxiàngǎn)

• Finnish: puhelinpylväs (fi)
• French: poteau télégraphique m
• German: Telegraphenmast m, Leitungsmast m
• Italian: palo del telegrafo m
• Japanese: 電柱 (ja) (でんちゅう, denchū)
• Russian: телегра́фный столб m (telegráfnyj stolb)
• Volapük: telegrafastafäd