waypost noun2 •A sign or other marker that indicates the way along a road or trail.Every few hundred yards on alternate sides of the route, a wooden waypost about a yard high was set into the ground. — 1991 •(figurative) Something that guides or marks the way along a figurative journey; a temporary stopping point.As society evolves, education must change to keep apace with it, so may this text serve as a waypost, not a goal. — 1922 formswayposts
