finger post

American  

noun

1. a post with one or more directional signs, terminating in a pointed finger or hand.

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finger post British  

noun

1. a signpost showing a pointing finger or hand

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Etymology

Origin of finger post

First recorded in 1775–85

Example Sentences

A guide post, hand or finger post by the road side for directing travellers: compared to a parson, because, like him, it sets people in the right way.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis

Oh, oh! then 'twas on this plan that you parted with me on the road, standing like a finger post, "you walk up that way, and I must walk down this."

From Wild Oats or, The Strolling Gentlemen by Anonymous

The cob, as Chippy called it, was a small knoll on which stood a finger post, with many arms to guide wayfarers along the roads which met at Shotford Corner.

From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by Finnemore, John

To her Garstin nodded across from St. Mary's to that grey finger post of the Atlantic.

From Ensign Knightley and Other Stories by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

I'm too keenly conscious of a tremendous ignorance about tremendously important things to continue setting myself up as a finger post for other men's spiritual guidance.

From Burned Bridges by Sinclair, Bertrand W.