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Definition of Flagpole
1. Noun. Surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors.
Generic synonyms: Surveying Instrument, Surveyor's Instrument
2. Noun. A tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised.
Definition of Flagpole
1. Noun. A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flagpole
1. a pole on which a flag is displayed [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flagpole
Literary usage of Flagpole
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"But it is said that it was simply a matter of conjecture whether the bolt which
struck Floral Hall and shattered the flagpole was the bolt which set the ..."
2. Land Magnetic Observations: 1905/10- by Louis Agricola Bauer, John Adam Fleming, Harlan Wilbur Fisk, Samuel Jackson Barnett, Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (1912)
"The flagpole on the cupola of the brick hotel is in true bearing 88° 12'.0. ...
The following true bearings were determined: flagpole on Saskatoon Brewery, ..."
3. American Electrical Cases: Being a Collection of All the Important Cases by William Weeks Morrill, Frank Bixby Gilbert, Austin B. Griffin (1896)
"It is said that it was simply a matter of conjecture whether the bolt which struck
Floral Hall and shattered the flagpole was the bolt, which set the fire ..."
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