'Starting post' definitions:
Definition of 'starting post'
From: WordNet
noun
A post marking the starting point of a race (especially a horse race)
Definition of 'Starting post'
From: GCIDE
- Starting \Start"ing\ (st[aum]rt"[i^]ng), a. & n. from Start, v. [1913 Webster]
- Starting bar (Steam Eng.), a hand lever for working the valves in starting an engine.
- Starting hole, a loophole; evasion. [Obs.]
- Starting point, the point from which motion begins, or from which anything starts.
- Starting post, a post, stake, barrier, or place from which competitors in a race start, or begin the race. [1913 Webster]