ale pole
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.57 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of alepole.
Example Sentences
- "The next step was a carved or painted effigy of an animal or bird, such as a swan, which was fixed in a hoop and hung at the end of the ale pole."
- "The ale pole is not merely a signification that it is a good thing to drink ale: it is more than a witness to the fact that ale was brewed fifteen hundred years ago."
- "A common kind of alehouse sign — not a "brand name" like the Sun and Moon (which existed in Aldersgate, London, in Shakespeare's day), but a generic sign identifying the type of business conducted within — was an "ale pole.""