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.
- Wellingtonian
- well-inhabited
- wellink
- well-instituted
- well-instructed
- well-integrated
- well-intended
- well intentioned
- well-invented
- wellish
- wellish-off
- well-joined
- well-jointed
- well judged
- well-judging
- well-justified
- well-kempt
- well-kent
- well kept
- well kerb
- well kick
- well knit
- well-knotted
- well-knowing
- well-knowledged