# maypole

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #72,530

## Definitions
1. A pole, garlanded with streamers held by people who dance around it to celebrate May Day.
2. A very tall girl or young lady.
3. A maypole-like structure of sticks placed about a sapling in the bowers of certain species of bowerbird.
4. A penis, especially a large one.

## Etymology
Compound of May + pole, so called in reference to its use on May Day.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/maypole