maypolenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmeɪ.pəʊl/us/ˈmeɪ.poʊl/a tall pole with long ribbons (= narrow strips of cloth) attached to the top of it, the ends of which people hold as they dance around the pole on the first of May
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Poles, rods, shafts and sticks
- bar
- billy club
- boathook
- bollard
- broomstick
- cane
- lightning conductor
- pointer
- rod
- rung
- shaft
- shooting stick
- ski pole
- spoke
- stake
- totem pole
- truncheon
- utility pole
- waddy
- wand
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