flagpole
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- noun
- /ˈflæɡˌpoʊl/
- Specialized
:
vara topográfica
- To help with their measurements, the team set up a flagpole on the hilltop for better sighting.
Examples
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They used a bright flagpole with red and white bands to ensure visibility on the construction site.
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There is a halyard kept time to no music against the flagpole on the dome.
Fiction book (1991) -
An honor guard stepped onto the stand and positioned itself around the flagpoles.
Fiction book (1991) -
The fact that we can see shadows is, to me, the main piece of evidence that the flagpoles are still standing (except for Apollo 11, whose flag we *know* fell over).
Blog text (19) -
This Yale man carried a flagpole, seven feet long, on his travels to Peru, and reaching the top of Mt. Coropuna shook out the University's flag.
Fiction book (1991) -
Now the sixty poles were vacant except for the three flagpoles at the head of the mall opposite the headquarters building—the flags of the Philippines, the United States, and the U.S. Air Force.
Fiction book (1991) -
Mostly, he said, skyscraper dwellers need an additional visual or audio cue to perceive the building's motion: a creaking from the Sheetrock, or a wobbling flagpole seen from the window.
Blog text (26) -
The surveyor placed the flagpole at the edge of the field to mark the boundary.
Synonyms
A long straight rod with red and white bands that people who measure land use to line up points
A long straight pole with red and white bands used to mark positions when measuring land
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Flagpole in surveying comes from the same simple idea: a 'pole' used to mark a spot so it shows like a small 'flag'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the red and white bands as making the rod stand out like a flag, which is why surveyors call it a flagpole.