handpost
Definitions
A kind of signpost indicating what lies in various directions.
Examples
“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.”
“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 […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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