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waymark

British  
/ ˈweɪˌmɑːk /

noun

  1. a symbol or signpost marking the route of a footpath

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It appears that Mr. Wait, mistaking his way at this point, nearly perished in a snow-storm, and erected this waymark for the benefit of future travellers.

From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886 by Various

Why did her thoughts cling so to distant Sunnybank, or her heart die within her as waymark after waymark told her Collingwood was near?

From Darkness and Daylight by Holmes, Mary Jane

This little place is situated amid romantic sylvan and river scenery, while its church on the top of a hill serves as a waymark.

From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by Scott, C. A. Dawson

We have just passed "the Watchman," an island which serves as a waymark for the entrance to that station.

From With the Harmony to Labrador Notes of a Visit to the Moravian Mission Stations on the North-East Coast of Labrador by La Trobe, Benjamin

She turned her face towards the quarter from which she had come and tried to recognize some tree or waymark she could remember having passed.

From Hills of the Shatemuc by Warner, Susan