upˈstander [up- 8. Cf.Icel.upp-standari.] spec. One of two upright posts on a sledge. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. x. 98 It has two standards, or, as we call them, ‘upstanders’.1903Peary in McClure's Mag. Feb. 419/2, I had scarcely time to seize the upstanders when my dogs were off.