Definitions for polos

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polos pol·os

Spelling: [pol-os]

IPA: /ˈpɒl ɒs/

Polos is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in polos (loops).

Definitions for polos

noun

1. a tall, cylindrical headdress represented, especially on statutes, as worn by women in ancient Greece.
2. a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
3. any game broadly resembling this, especially water polo.
4. polo shirt.

Origin of polos

First recorded in 1840-50, polos is from the Greek word pólos axis

Examples for polos

The three polos started by way of Palestine and not by the Crimea, as in the previous expedition.

So for seventeen years the three polos abode in the Khan's service in China.

The earliest of these followed immediately on the return of the elder polos from Central Asia .

Mat so prepared is called caa gazu or yerva do polos, and is chiefly used in Brazil.

The polos had taken about three and a half years to get to China.

They were principally drawn from the fallos, or local tax in redemption of polos or personal service.

At length the three polos expressed a desire to return to Venice.

The three polos accordingly took another house and here made a great feast for all their family.

The three polos started by way of Palestine and not by the Crimea, as in their previous expedition.

The earliest horologe or hour measurer of which history makes mention is that called the polos, and the Gnomon.