A post on a highway, often with one or more fingerposts, showing the distance in miles to nearby places
A sign or post beside a railway marking the distance from the (actual or nominal) start of a line (usually the principal terminus or junction with a more major line)
Verb
To place mileposts along (a road, etc.).
Origin
mile + post
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