ale post

== English == === Alternative forms === ale-post alepost === Noun === ale post (plural ale posts) A post displaying a pub sign; an alestake. ==== Usage notes ==== Many nineteenth century dictionaries and wordlists define ale post as a maypole. This is an error which originated in Thomas Speght's Life of Chaucer and was copied by others. === References === === Anagrams === Apostle, alepots, apostle, eoplast, posetal