mill-post
/ˈmɪlpəʊst/Now rare
noun
A post supporting a windmill.
- Often in similative phrases, as the type of something thick and massive. Also in plural (humorously): thick or fat legs..
Origin
Middle English. From mill + post.
- monophone
- monophonematic
- monophonematically
- monophonematicity
- monophonemic
- monophonic
- monophonically
- monophonous
- monophony
- Monophoto
- monophthalmic
- monophthong
- monophthongal
- monophthongisation
- monophthongise
- monophthongization
- monophthongize
- monophthongizing
- monophylesis
- monophyletic
- monophyletism
- monophyllous
- monophyly
- monophyodont
- monophysism