half-staff
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half-staff
(hăf′stăf′, häf′stäf′)n.
See half-mast.
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half-staff
n
another word for half-mast
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half′-mast′
n.
1. a position approximately halfway between the top of a mast, staff, etc., and its base.
v.t. 2. to place (a flag) at half-mast.
[1620–30]
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Noun | 1. | half-staff - a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress |
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