Pfahl — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pale adjective Light in colour, or lacking the usual colour, especially in the face.
- picket noun A person or group standing outside a workplace during a strike to protest and discourage others from entering.
- pile noun A number of things heaped or stacked on top of each other.
- stake noun A pointed piece of wood or metal driven into the ground as a marker or support.
Senses
Pfahl is used for these senses in English:
- bollard A similar post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area, to delineate traffic lanes, or used for security purposes.
- pale (heraldiccharge) A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
- picket A stake driven into the ground.
- pile A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
- stake A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
- stake (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
pale — full definition
- adjective Light in colour, or lacking the usual colour, especially in the face.
- verb To become pale, especially from shock, fear, or illness.
- verb To seem weaker or less impressive by comparison.
- noun The historical phrase "beyond the pale," meaning outside acceptable limits or boundaries.
picket — full definition
- noun A person or group standing outside a workplace during a strike to protest and discourage others from entering.
- noun A pointed wooden or metal stake driven into the ground, as in a fence.
- verb To stand outside a workplace in protest, usually as part of a strike.