The Collaborative International Dictionary
Post \Post\, n. [AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to place. See Position, and cf. 4th Post.]
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A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house.
They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper doorpost of the houses.
--Ex. xii. 7.Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore, The gates of Azza, post and massy bar.
--Milton.Unto his order he was a noble post.
--Chaucer.Note: Post, in the sense of an upright timber or strut, is used in composition, in such words as king-post, queen-post, crown-post, gatepost, etc.
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The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
When God sends coin I will discharge your post.
--S. Rowlands.From pillar to post. See under Pillar.
Knight of the post. See under Knight.
Post hanger (Mach.), a bearing for a revolving shaft, adapted to be fastened to a post.
Post hole, a hole in the ground to set the foot of a post in.
Post mill, a form of windmill so constructed that the whole fabric rests on a vertical axis firmly fastened to the ground, and capable of being turned as the direction of the wind varies.
Post and stall (Coal Mining), a mode of working in which pillars of coal are left to support the roof of the mine.
WordNet
n. a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post [syn: posthole]
Usage examples of "post hole".
He had dug up the mailbox, had filled in the post hole, and had dumped the whole thing into the back yard.
He rested a while to catch his breath and ease his cramped muscles then returned to the attack, straining backwards and forwards to produce an all-round widening of the post hole.
But the point Julian's making is that the field manuals tell us exactly how to build 'post hole cutters' that'll cut nice, perfectly circular post holes in anything from clay and dirt to polished obsidian.
But the point Julian's making is that the field manuals tell us exactly how to build `post hole cutters' that'll cut nice, perfectly circular post holes in anything from clay and dirt to polished obsidian.
They would have been made hauling in post hole diggers, posts, spools of wire, and all else needed when that formidable fence was built.