stobie pole
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A pole for supporting power lines, consisting of a tapered slab of concrete bracketed by steel joists.
Australian usage
noun
Alternative form of Stobie pole.
Example Sentences
- "The estimated life of the Stobie pole is forty-five years, without any maintenance but coating with bitumen at the ground line."
- "He stood behind an old and dilapidated Stobie pole and eyed me and my pushbike."
- "Pepe, at ten years old, had just stolen his first car, a blue VW parked up the street. He was too small to reach the brake pedal and pranged it into a stobie pole."
- "However, the lack of trees in South Australia severely constrained the use of timber and led to the early and widespread use of a steel-concrete composite pole, called a Stobie pole after its designer. Stobie poles have been a distinguishing feature of the South Australian landscape for many decades."