ale post

noun

A post displaying a pub sign; an alestake.

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Meanings

nounale post (plural ale posts)

plural ale posts · alternative ale-post · alternative alepost

  1. A post displaying a pub sign; an alestake.

    I looked for the alepost of the Fighting Cock, and found none.

    1991, Simone Zelitch, The Confession of Jack Straw, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    O honor, farre beyond a brazen shrine, To sit with Tarleton on an ale post's signe

    1808, Joseph Hall, Works

    I believe it was the George the Something or other, although I feel sure that no monarch of any era would have felt at home in the neighbourhood or been gratified by the alepost's honourable mention of him.

    1957, Alfred Edgar Coppard, It's Me, O Lord!

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
alestake
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APA

ale post. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ale%20post

MLA

“ale post.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ale%20post. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ale post,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ale%20post.

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