lamppost

[ lamp-pohst ]

/ ˈlæmpˌpoʊst /

a post, usually of metal, supporting a lamp that lights a street, park, etc.

Origin of lamppost

First recorded in 1780–90; lamp + post¹

Chasen did not surrender her purse, jewelry, money, or car, but lurched leftward onto Whittier, where she crashed into a lamppost.

Chasen Murderer's Secret Past |A. L. Bardach |December 15, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Drawn up and given an orderly disposition, as a rioter hanged to a lamppost.

The Devil's Dictionary |Ambrose Bierce
The lamppost jutted up against the sky—the post and the bundle swinging from it.

The Hanging Stranger |Philip K. Dick
Hit a lamppost on Main Street and had to swim the rest of the way.

Dan Carter and the Money Box |Mildred A. Wirt

They were close to a lamppost, and Jurgis got a glimpse of the other.

The Jungle |Upton Sinclair
It is Miss Torsen who told me this; I met her by accident again under her own lamppost, and she told me then.

Look Back on Happiness |Knut Hamsun

lamppost

/ (ˈlæmpˌpəʊst) /

a post supporting a lamp, esp in a street