fingerpost

noun
/ˈfɪŋ.ɡə(ɹ)ˌpəʊst/UK

Etymology

From finger + post.

  1. derived from postis
  2. derived from post
  3. derived from post
  4. inherited from post
  5. compounded as fingerpost — “finger + post

Definitions

  1. A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place

    A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost.

  2. The milepost itself.

    • ...some hint, which, besides confirming him in the theory of virtue, may, likewise, serve for a finger-post to virtuous action.

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