maypole

noun

may·pole ˈmā-ˌpōl

often capitalized

: a tall flower-wreathed pole forming a center for May Day sports and dances

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Rudi and Elke erected a homemade maypole (a tall wooden pole traditionally used in European folk festivals) in their yard in Bavaria, topped with a picture of their family. —

Francesca Street, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023 Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, have watched their maypole dance for more than 20 years. —

Sarah Scoles, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2019 Depending on the species, the arrays can take the form of an avenue or maypole or even a stage to perform his enthusiastic, and hopefully alluring, dance movements for the females. —

Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2011 While Los Angeles staggers through its driest 23-year period in 1,200 years, the sculpture is a disconcertingly festive maypole that is simultaneously brutal and sad. —

Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022 Highlights will also include an aerial artist, a giant oak tree flanked with maypole dancers, a huge moving wedding cake sounding out Bollywood hits, a towering dragon and three-story-high beasts. —

Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022 Then Cameron arrives and brings up the drug cabinet again, but Hope hustles him to the maypole to avoid that conversation with Doc. —

Sara Netzley, EW.com, 20 July 2022 Highlights will also include an aerial artist, a giant oak tree flanked with maypole dancers, a huge moving wedding cake sounding out Bollywood hits, a towering dragon and three-story-high beasts. —

Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022 Highlights will also include an aerial artist, a giant oak tree flanked with maypole dancers, a huge moving wedding cake sounding out Bollywood hits, a towering dragon and three-story-high beasts. —

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