meeting post

noun

1. a timber with a chamfer at the outer edge of a lock gate that fits against the meeting post of another lock gate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of meeting post¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk is meeting Post Office minister Kevin Hollinrake on Monday to discuss how to help the convicted branch managers clear their names.

From BBC

At that 2017 APA meeting, Post noted declining media requests for commenting in deference to the APA’s official position, but said the ethics principle is “extreme and overdrawn.”

From Washington Post

Currently, these panels are not required to let the public know when they’re meeting, post an agenda or keep minutes summarizing what they discussed.

From Seattle Times

It was another FBI man — Mark Felt, then an assistant director — who became the famous source Deep Throat, secretly meeting Post reporter Bob Woodward in a parking garage to guide the paper’s illumination of the president’s crimes.

From Washington Post

“It’s really nice to have these various technological tools to record a meeting, post a meeting and then when someone has the time, they can access it,” says Fitzroy Lewis, a Penn State—World Campus online bachelor’s student who helped form the school's Active Minds chapter dedicated to spreading mental health awareness.

From US News