单词 | liberty pole |
释义 | > as lemmasliberty pole liberty pole n. (also with capital initials) a tall mast or staff with a Phrygian cap or other symbol of liberty on the top. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > symbol of cap of liberty1709 tree of liberty1765 liberty pole1769 liberty tree1769 1769 Cambr. Mag. Aug. 359/2 Several hundred hand bills..directing every body to meet at the Liberty Pole, on the next evening, at six o'clock, and there to consult what death I should die. 1789 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) II. 70 The soldiers were then paraded in triumph to the Palais Royal, which is now the liberty pole of this city. 1861 Amer. Agriculturist July 202/2 The next day, we had a liberty pole raised a hundred feet high, and a flag hung out. 1946 National Geographic Mag. July 9/2 The ‘female forms’ carry wands or liberty poles surmounted by Phrygian caps. 2008 G. Keillor Liberty xix. 142 Two Knutes were straightening the Liberty Pole in front of the statue of the Unknown Norwegian. < as lemmas |
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