noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Half-mast. Canada, Philippines, US, sometimes

   "[T]he agents of the steamship lines drowned their sorrow in rum and ran the house flags to half-staff."

2. 2
   a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress wordnet

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half-mast

Example

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"[T]he agents of the steamship lines drowned their sorrow in rum and ran the house flags to half-staff."

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