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Alestake

Webster's Dictionary

(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."

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Alestake'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/alestake.html. 1828.