What does ranging pole mean?

ranging pole means "surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors".

What is another word for ranging pole?

Close synonyms include range pole, flagpole. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ranging pole a common word?

ranging pole is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Ranging pole — meaning and 2 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors
Synonymsrange pole flagpole
Broadersurveying instrument

Questions about ranging pole

What does ranging pole mean?: ranging pole means "surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors".
What is another word for ranging pole?: Close synonyms include range pole, flagpole. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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