noun. A post with projecting arm or arms for pointers, often terminating in the form of fingers, set up for the direction of travelers, generally where roads cross or divide.

noun. a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger.

noun. A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost

noun. The milepost itself

noun. a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger

"John sees, in that entirely insignificant thing, a kind of fingerpost pointing to far more important, deeper, and real correspondences."

guidepost  signpost  

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fingerboard