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Half-mast

Half-mast Meaning & Definition
Half-mast Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Half-mast?

[n] a position some distance below the top of the mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress

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Half-mast In Webster's Dictionary

\Half"-mast`\, n. A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).

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