post
noun
a strong piece of timber, metal, or the like, set upright as a support, a point of attachment, a place for displaying notices, etc.
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Then, throwing back his mattress, he placed the postlike affair beneath it and lashed it firmly to the springs.
From Curlie Carson Listens In by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell