flagpole
noun
flag·pole ˈflag-ˌpōl 
: a pole on which to raise a flag
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Also on Thursday, retired New York Police Department officer Thomas Webster was sentenced to 10 years in prison for assaulting a police officer with a flagpole on Jan. 6, the longest sentence yet over the riot. 
Harold Maass, The Week, 2 Sep. 2022 Webster’s shoulder — before Webster swung and smashed a Marine Corps flagpole on a bike rack and then tackled Rathbun. BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022 Webster was convicted of pounding a Marine Corps flagpole against the bicycle rack, which officers used to protect the Capitol, hard enough to break the pole. Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 Brandon Cook, a fourth-generation member of the church, worked Thursday morning to install a flagpole next to the brick structure where the bell had sat for the past several years. al, 14 Aug. 2022 In a memorable moment of the revolt, as the tide turned against Marcos, Ramos jumped in triumph with his hands high up while Enrile was rallying a crowd under a Philippine flagpole, drawing applause and cheers from rebel forces. Jim Gomez, ajc, 31 July 2022 Since then, the symbol has been added to a station door, and a Fort Apache flag has flown from the flagpole outside. The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 Some Democrats argued that the move was precipitated by opposition to gay rights and noted that local social media was peppered with anti-gay postings after the town raised the Pride flag on a municipal flagpole in 2021. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 28 July 2022 In addition to the flagpole, Acuity has a veterans memorial. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 4 July 2022 See More
Harold Maass, The Week, 2 Sep. 2022 Webster’s shoulder — before Webster swung and smashed a Marine Corps flagpole on a bike rack and then tackled Rathbun. BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022 Webster was convicted of pounding a Marine Corps flagpole against the bicycle rack, which officers used to protect the Capitol, hard enough to break the pole. Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2022 Brandon Cook, a fourth-generation member of the church, worked Thursday morning to install a flagpole next to the brick structure where the bell had sat for the past several years. al, 14 Aug. 2022 In a memorable moment of the revolt, as the tide turned against Marcos, Ramos jumped in triumph with his hands high up while Enrile was rallying a crowd under a Philippine flagpole, drawing applause and cheers from rebel forces. Jim Gomez, ajc, 31 July 2022 Since then, the symbol has been added to a station door, and a Fort Apache flag has flown from the flagpole outside. The New Yorker, 30 May 2022 Some Democrats argued that the move was precipitated by opposition to gay rights and noted that local social media was peppered with anti-gay postings after the town raised the Pride flag on a municipal flagpole in 2021. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 28 July 2022 In addition to the flagpole, Acuity has a veterans memorial. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 4 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
flagpole
noun
flag·pole ˈflag-ˌpōl
: a pole on which to raise a flag