noun
- signposts with arms pointing in different directions to indicate routes or destinations
Usage: British English; plural of fingerpost
Examples
- The old fingerposts at the crossroads showed distances to nearby villages.
- Traditional wooden fingerposts are still common in the English countryside.
- The council replaced the damaged fingerposts with modern metal signs.
- Hikers relied on the fingerposts to navigate the network of footpaths.
- The fingerposts pointed toward London, Oxford, and Bath.
- Victorian-era fingerposts can still be found along some rural roads.