noun
- a signpost with one or more arms pointing in different directions to indicate roads or paths
Usage: chiefly British
Examples
- The old wooden fingerpost at the crossroads pointed toward three different villages.
- We followed the fingerpost that indicated the path to the castle ruins.
- The fingerpost showed distances to London, Bath, and Bristol.
- A weathered fingerpost marked the entrance to the hiking trail.
- The council replaced the broken fingerpost with a modern metal sign.
- Tourists often stop at the fingerpost to check their directions.