telegraph post
Meaning
A pole, usually wooden, that carries telephone lines above a street.
Synonyms
Translations
poteau télégraphique
palo del telegrafo
pal de telèfons
Telegraphenmast
τηλεγραφόξυλοEtymology
From their original purpose of carrying telegraph lines, first used around 1843 by William Fothergill Cooke.
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