A stout stick or post, usually of wood, with a pointed end for driving into the ground; used e.g. to mark a boundary or site, to support a plant…

Originally: a wooden post; an upright prop or support (English regional in later use). Subsequently: spec. one of the upright timbers in the wall of…

A post, a stake. In later use (English regional (Cornwall)): spec. a post to which an animal is tethered.

? A supporting post or pillar. Obsolete.

A post, stake. Obsolete.

A long, sturdy piece of timber (later also of metal or some other solid material), used as a vertical support in building and construction, and…

An upright support or stand; a supporting pillar, post, etc. (now historical). Also: †a candle, a candlestick (obsolete (Scottish in later use)). Cf…

Any vertical support, prop, or post, in a piece of furniture, machine, etc.

A post.

? ‘A post, pillar’.

A short upright piece of timber in a wooden framing to provide stiffening or support; a supporting post, spec. a post supporting the roof in a coal…

An upright bar, stay, prop or support. gen.

An upright or vertical post, stake, bar, or support, used for various purposes; spec. †a tall pole erected for display at a festival or celebration…

An upright support for a horizontal member. Cf. head tree, n. 1.

= stanchion, n. 1.

= stanchion, n.

A post, an upright.

A prop or stake used for various purposes.

A post, stake.

An upright post or beam.

An upright timber, a post. Obsolete.

A growing tree or group of trees, esp. that has been left standing after coppicing or harvesting. Also: †an upright pole (obsolete). Cf. standard, n.…

U.S. A post supporting the cap of a smock-mill. Obsolete. rare.