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ale post

ale post noun: a post displaying a pub sign; an alestake.

Noun

ale post (plural ale posts)

  1. A post displaying a pub sign; an alestake.
    • O honor, farre beyond a brazen shrine,
      To sit with Tarleton on an ale post's signe1808, Joseph Hall, Works
    • I believe it was the George the Something or other, although I feel sure that no monarch of any era would have felt at home in the neighbourhood or been gratified by the alepost's honourable mention of him.1957, Alfred Edgar Coppard, It's Me, O Lord!

Forms of ale post

pluralale posts
alternative formale-post
alternative formalepost

Questions about ale post

What does ale post mean?
Ale post means a post displaying a pub sign; an alestake.
What part of speech is ale post?
Ale post is a noun.
What is the plural of ale post?
The plural of ale post is ale posts.

Words near ale post in the dictionary

  1. ale gallons
  2. ale house
  3. ale houses
  4. ale pole
  5. ale poles
  6. ale post
  7. ale posts
  8. ale silver
  9. ale stake
  10. ale stakes
  11. ale-bench

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