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A barber's pole is a type of sign used by barbers to signify the place or shop where they perform their craft. The trade sign is, by a tradition dating back to the Middle Ages, a staff or pole with a helix of colored stripes (often red and white in many countries, but usually red, white, and blue in the United States).
pole. 1  boom - From Dutch, originally a long beam or pole. 2  pogo stick - Came onto the scene around 1921, but is of uncertain etymology, possibly from pole and go.. 3  pole position - Refers to pole as the term for the inside fence on a racecourse.  trolley pole - The pole sticking up from a bumper car.