noun
[ U , C ] the leading position at the start of a race involving cars or bicycles
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WORD ORIGIN
1950s: from a 19th-cent. use of pole in horse racing, denoting the starting position next to the inside boundary fence.
noun
[ U , C ] the leading position at the start of a race involving cars or bicycles
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WORD ORIGIN
1950s: from a 19th-cent. use of pole in horse racing, denoting the starting position next to the inside boundary fence.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005