'Totem post' definitions:

Definition of 'Totem post'

From: GCIDE
  • Totem pole \To"tem pole\ or Totem post \To"tem post\ A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the Koluschan stock. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]