Handpost
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Handpost is a noun meaning A kind of signpost indicating what lies in various directions.
Meaning
A kind of signpost indicating what lies in various directions.
Example Sentences
Here too were the dainty frontispiece and trim vignette, pointing like handposts on the outskirts of great cities, to the rich stock of incident beyond […]
Long Ash Lane cut athwart them, right and left; and they saw that at the junction of the four ways, under the handpost, a grave was dug, into which, as the choir drew nigh, a corpse had just been thrown by the four Sidlinch men employed for the purpose.
Word Forms
- handposts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include post, heelpost, postpipe, pointer, headpost, clockpost.
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