Maypole
a tall pole, decorated with flowers and ribbons, around which people dance or engage in sports during May Day celebrations.
Origin of Maypole
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How to use Maypole in a sentence
From the Maypoles flew frequently the ruddy cross of Christopher or George.
Archaic England | Harold BayleyRound these Maypoles the young villagers danced, and green booths were often set up on the grass near them.
Miscellanea | Juliana Horatia EwingI am afraid there is a good deal of evidence to show that the Maypoles were not always honestly come by!
Miscellanea | Juliana Horatia EwingShe had evidently been one of those tall thin maypoles of women who have but little tenderness in them.
Prisoners | Mary CholmondeleyOne ordinance directed that all the Maypoles in England should forthwith be hewn down.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for maypole
/ (ˈmeɪˌpəʊl) /
a tall pole fixed upright in an open space during May-Day celebrations, around which people dance holding streamers attached at its head
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