maypole
noun
may·pole ˈmā-ˌpōl 
often capitalized
: a tall flower-wreathed pole forming a center for May Day sports and dances
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Highlights will also include an aerial artist, a giant oak tree flanked with maypole dancers, a huge moving wedding cake sounding out Bollywood hits, a towering dragon and three-story-high beasts. 
Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022 Then Cameron arrives and brings up the drug cabinet again, but Hope hustles him to the maypole to avoid that conversation with Doc. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 20 July 2022 Highlights will also include an aerial artist, a giant oak tree flanked with maypole dancers, a huge moving wedding cake sounding out Bollywood hits, a towering dragon and three-story-high beasts. Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022 Highlights will also include an aerial artist, a giant oak tree flanked with maypole dancers, a huge moving wedding cake sounding out Bollywood hits, a towering dragon and three-story-high beasts. Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022 Their traditions include dancing around a maypole -- a symbol which some view as phallic. Forrest Brown, CNN, 20 June 2022 The painting commemorates a Christian sacrament, but it is framed with Native dancers and an Indigenous sport where men suspended on ropes from their ankles or waists whirl around a tall wooden post — sort of an extreme maypole. Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022 Highlights will also include an aerial artist, a giant oak tree flanked with maypole dancers, a huge moving wedding cake sounding out Bollywood hits, a towering dragon and three-story-high beasts. Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022 Highlights will also include an aerial artist, a giant oak tree flanked with maypole dancers, a huge moving wedding cake sounding out Bollywood hits, a towering dragon and three-story-high beasts. Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022 See More
Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022 Then Cameron arrives and brings up the drug cabinet again, but Hope hustles him to the maypole to avoid that conversation with Doc. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 20 July 2022 Highlights will also include an aerial artist, a giant oak tree flanked with maypole dancers, a huge moving wedding cake sounding out Bollywood hits, a towering dragon and three-story-high beasts. Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022 Highlights will also include an aerial artist, a giant oak tree flanked with maypole dancers, a huge moving wedding cake sounding out Bollywood hits, a towering dragon and three-story-high beasts. Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022 Their traditions include dancing around a maypole -- a symbol which some view as phallic. Forrest Brown, CNN, 20 June 2022 The painting commemorates a Christian sacrament, but it is framed with Native dancers and an Indigenous sport where men suspended on ropes from their ankles or waists whirl around a tall wooden post — sort of an extreme maypole. Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2022 Highlights will also include an aerial artist, a giant oak tree flanked with maypole dancers, a huge moving wedding cake sounding out Bollywood hits, a towering dragon and three-story-high beasts. Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022 Highlights will also include an aerial artist, a giant oak tree flanked with maypole dancers, a huge moving wedding cake sounding out Bollywood hits, a towering dragon and three-story-high beasts. Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1529, in the meaning defined above