stobie pole
/ˈstəʊbi pəʊl
/noun Australian
(In South Australia) a pole that carries electricity cables above ground: the man became trapped when his Ford sedan crashed into a stobie pole and exploded into flames...
- Stobie poles march in their thousands across the South Australian landscape.
- If someone hits a stobie pole after a tyre blowout an injured driver cannot claim compensation and is left at the mercy of the public health system.
- Two young police officers risked their lives to save a driver trapped in his burning car which hit a stobie pole and exploded at Smithfield Plains.
Origin
1920s: from the name of its inventor, the Australian engineer James Cyril Stobie (1895–1953).
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