starting post

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Noun

starting post - a post marking the starting point of a race (especially a horse race)

stake, post - a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the corner of the lot was indicated by a stake"

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starting post

n → palo di partenza

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The course was set out for them from the starting post, and they raised a dust upon the plain as they all flew forward at the same moment.

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