Alestake

Alestake
Alestake Ale"stake, n. A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a ``bush.'' [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

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