Definition of "waypost" []

• A sign or other marker that indicates the way along a road or trail (noun)
• Something that guides or marks the way along a figurative journey; a temporary stopping point on that journey (noun)

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• "Still, I could not fault her choice, and she would bear my letter to the Queen to the nearest Royal Couriers’ waypost, for which I was grateful."