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telegraph post en · NOUN

Etymology

From their original purpose of carrying telegraph lines, first used around 1843 by William Fothergill Cooke.

Meanings

1. A pole, usually wooden, that carries telephone lines above a street.
   • Here the protection consists of a 50lb per mile cadmium copper trip-wire mounted on short telegraph posts on both sides of the line, 4ft above rail level. 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: Aircraft on rail tracks”, in Trains Illustrated, page 650:

Forms

Synonyms

telephone pole · telegraph pole · utility pole

Translations (11)

fr poteau télégraphique (pole that carries telephone lines) · vo telegrafastafäd (pole that carries telephone lines) · ru телегра́фный столб (pole that carries telephone lines) · ja 電柱 (pole that carries telephone lines) · fi puhelinpylväs (pole that carries telephone lines) · it palo del telegrafo (pole that carries telephone lines) · bg телеграфен стълб (pole that carries telephone lines) · cmn 電線桿 /电线杆 (pole that carries telephone lines) · de Telegraphenmast (pole that carries telephone lines) · ar عَمُود البَرِيد (pole that carries telephone lines) · de Leitungsmast (pole that carries telephone lines)