maypole (n.)

此外， May-pole，"高高的有花和丝带装饰的杆子，供五月节的欢乐者围绕跳舞"，可追溯到1550年代，但肯定更古老，因为最早提到它的是一项禁止它们的法令，并且有关这样的建筑物的引用，虽然不是用这个名字，可以追溯到14世纪中叶的一首威尔士诗。参见 May Day。

It was usually cut and set up afresh on May-day morning, drawn by a long procession of oxen, decorated, as were also the pole itself and the wagon, with flowers and ribbons; but in some cases a pole once set up was left from year to year, as notably the famous pole of the parish of St. Andrew Undershaft in London, which was cut down in in reign of Edward VI. [Century Dictionary]

通常在五月节的早晨重新修剪并竖立起来，由一长队牛拉着，装饰着鲜花和丝带，杆子本身和马车也是如此； 但在某些情况下，一根竖立起来的杆子会年复一年地保留下来，尤其是伦敦圣安德鲁教区的著名杆子，在爱德华六世统治时期被砍倒。[世纪词典]