maypole
maypole
Definition
may·pole (mā′pōl′)
noun
a high pole wreathed with flowers, streamers, etc., around which merrymakers dance on May Day
maypole
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- have: At one time, every village of any size had a permanent maypole.
- round: That, perhaps, our children will dance round the bloody Maypole on it?
- use: The third pitch was ascended using the maypole and a rawlbolt fitted at the top.
- dance: They acted in plays and concerts and the girls danced the Maypole every year.
- decorate: Charlotte Patch and Billy Richardson were crowned as the May Day queen and prince while energetic revelers danced around the decorated maypole.
- get: I must say if I'd known he liked Morris Dancing so much I'd have gotten a maypole as a wedding present!
Adjective modifier
- tall: Every year it was customary for an extremely tall maypole to be erected next to the church.
- permanent: At one time, every village of any size had a permanent maypole.
- old: Dancers now hold ribbons even at the older large maypoles such as at Ickwell Green and Barwick in Elmet.
- new: It was also anticipated that the Parish Council who could provide the funding for the Maypole's upkeep could then adopt the new Maypole.
- great: Tallest of all at 67 feet is the great Maypole freshly crowned for every Faire.
Modifies a noun
- dancing: Spalding is staging the world's first 24-hour non-stop maypole dancing marathon, starting at Hall Place at 11am on Monday.
- dance: Around 100 pupils aged between four and eleven, will be performing their maypole dances, based on what they have learned.
- series: Maypole Series The leaders are still considering the fixed tackle problem in this part of the cave.
- dancer: The dancing round the pole would include a green man who would dance around the outside of the maypole dancers.
- celebration: In June 1954, he visited the school and showed a cine film he had made of that year's Maypole celebrations.
- section: Hanging Chamber re-entered using three maypole sections from the ledges above the first Maypole Pitch.
Noun used with modifier
- village: The village Maypole circa 1933 The village football team 1920 Do you recognize any of the team members from this team from around 1920?
Preposition: in
- center: The church and the maypole in the village center in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Preposition: with
- ribbon: We are moving from that to something which resembles a maypole with each ribbon of the maypole representing a distinct neighborhood.
maypole Quotes
What's not destroyed byTime's devouring hand? Where'sTroy, and where's the Maypole in the Strand?
