The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hop \Hop\, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]
(Bot.) A climbing plant ( Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
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The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.
Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st Back.
Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature ( Trifolium agrarium, and Trifolium procumbens).
Hop flea (Zo["o]l.), a small flea beetle ( Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops.
Hop fly (Zo["o]l.), an aphid ( Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop vines.
Hop froth fly (Zo["o]l.), an hemipterous insect ( Aphrophora interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines.
Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya ( Ostrya Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species ( Ostrya vulgaris).
Hop moth (Zo["o]l.), a moth ( Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines.
Hop picker, one who picks hops.
Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines.
Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree ( Ptelia trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.
Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.
WordNet
n. a tall pole to support the wires on which the hop plant is trained
Wikipedia
Hop Pole is a small Hamlet in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated between Deeping St. James and Deeping St. Nicholas, and on the A1175 Littleworth Drove road.
No separate population statistic is available for Hop Pole. The best available report is for the whole Deeping St Nicholas civil parish with a total of 1323 people within 505 dwellings. There are approximately 40 homes in Hop Pole, around 105 people pro rata.
Hop Pole falls within the drainage area of the Welland and Deepings Internal Drainage Board.
Usage examples of "hop pole".
He remembered a pub being looted two squares back, and as they went toward it past the watermarked, half-timbered houses and a hotel named the Royal Hop Pole, he discovered another of her griefs: she had lost a heel and in any case her tight, pointed slippers weren't the best for walking.