Definition of stobie pole in English:

stobie pole

nounˈstəʊbi pəʊl

Australian

(in South Australia) a pole that carries electricity cables above ground.
the man became trapped when his Ford sedan crashed into a stobie pole and exploded into flames
Example sentencesExamples
- The truck had narrowly missed hitting a stobie pole alongside the entry gate.
- Traffic also is slow on Payneham Rd at Evandale while crews work to replace a stobie pole after an accident overnight.
- Schools will be involved in art projects to paint stobie poles in surrounding streets, as "naked" stobie poles are a frequent graffiti target.
- About 4.30am a truck crashed into a stobie pole, causing power lines to come down.
- Stobie poles march in their thousands across the South Australian landscape.
- Road restrictions and diversions are in place after police were alerted to the significantly damaged stobie pole and smashed traffic light about 6.15am.
- A broken stobie pole lies precariously on high-tension wire - damaged perhaps due to the high winds - next to a playground in Port Norlunga.
- Two young police officers risked their lives to save a driver trapped in his burning car which hit a stobie pole and exploded at Smithfield Plains.
- If someone hits a stobie pole after a tyre blowout an injured driver cannot claim compensation and is left at the mercy of the public health system.
- It left the road and hit a parked van, a stobie pole, gas meter and water hydrant before ploughing into the Singapore House restaurant.

Origin

1920s: from the name of its inventor, the Australian engineer James Cyril Stobie (1895–1953).

单词	stobie pole
释义	Definition of stobie pole in English: stobie pole nounˈstəʊbi pəʊl Australian (in South Australia) a pole that carries electricity cables above ground. the man became trapped when his Ford sedan crashed into a stobie pole and exploded into flames Example sentencesExamples The truck had narrowly missed hitting a stobie pole alongside the entry gate. Traffic also is slow on Payneham Rd at Evandale while crews work to replace a stobie pole after an accident overnight. Schools will be involved in art projects to paint stobie poles in surrounding streets, as "naked" stobie poles are a frequent graffiti target. About 4.30am a truck crashed into a stobie pole, causing power lines to come down. Stobie poles march in their thousands across the South Australian landscape. Road restrictions and diversions are in place after police were alerted to the significantly damaged stobie pole and smashed traffic light about 6.15am. A broken stobie pole lies precariously on high-tension wire - damaged perhaps due to the high winds - next to a playground in Port Norlunga. Two young police officers risked their lives to save a driver trapped in his burning car which hit a stobie pole and exploded at Smithfield Plains. If someone hits a stobie pole after a tyre blowout an injured driver cannot claim compensation and is left at the mercy of the public health system. It left the road and hit a parked van, a stobie pole, gas meter and water hydrant before ploughing into the Singapore House restaurant. Origin 1920s: from the name of its inventor, the Australian engineer James Cyril Stobie (1895–1953).
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