Note: It is often electrically powered, so as to be turning when the barbershop is open for business and stationary when the shop is closed. It symbolizes the practise of surgery, some aspects of which which used to be performed by barbers. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
barber pole — n. a pole with spiral stripes of red and white, used as a symbol of the barber s trade … English World dictionary
barber pole — noun or barber s pole : a usually rotating pole with diagonal stripes of red and white or of red, white, and blue used as a sign for a barbershop * * * a pole with red and white spiral stripes symbolizing the barber s former sideline of surgery.… … Useful english dictionary
barber pole — a pole with red and white spiral stripes symbolizing the barber s former sideline of surgery. Also, barber s pole. [1675 85] * * * … Universalium
barber pole — bar′ber (or bar′ber s) pole n. a pole with red and white spiral stripes symbolizing the barber s former sideline of surgery • Etymology: 1675–85 … From formal English to slang
barber pole — noun A type of sign used by barbers, most traditionally a pole with a helix of red and white stripes, in the US including blue, sometimes moving … Wiktionary
Barber's pole — A barber s pole is a type of sign used by barbers, a pole with white and red stripes. They have been known to be of different colors. For example, it was common practice to have black and yellow stripes in the City of Baltimore, Maryland until… … Wikipedia
Pole — may refer to:Cylindrical object*A solid cylindrical object with length greater than its diameter e.g: **Barber s pole, advertising a barber shop **Danish pole, a circus prop **Firemen s pole, a wooden pole or a metal tube or pipe installed… … Wikipedia
Pole — Pole, n. [As. p[=a]l, L. palus, akin to pangere to make fast. Cf. {Pale} a stake, {Pact}.] 1. A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pole bean — Pole Pole, n. [As. p[=a]l, L. palus, akin to pangere to make fast. Cf. {Pale} a stake, {Pact}.] 1. A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pole flounder — Pole Pole, n. [As. p[=a]l, L. palus, akin to pangere to make fast. Cf. {Pale} a stake, {Pact}.] 1. A long, slender piece of wood; a tall, slender piece of timber; the stem of a small tree whose branches have been removed; as, specifically: (a) A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
