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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).
Primary Meanings of pole. 1  n a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic. 2  n a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting. 3  v propel with a pole. 4  v support on poles. 5  v deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole. 6  n one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere.