Definition of "fingerpost" [fingerpost]

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

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• "John sees, in that entirely insignificant thing, a kind of fingerpost pointing to far more important, deeper, and real correspondences."
• "I think of the Tower of London like a tall fingerpost pointing up to God."
• "The road dropped a little into Milford, and the thing shied, put down its head and bolted, and Mr. Hoopdriver only thought of the brake when the fingerpost was passed."