Meaning half-mast
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half-mast1620s, from half + mast (n.1).
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half-mast(n) 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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half-mastThe position of a flag when lowered halfway down.
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half-mast
The lowered position, half the height of a mast, at which a flag is flown when mourning, especially expressing respect for the dead.
(by extension) The lowered position of any thing.
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half-mastHalf-mast (British, Canadian and Australian English) or half-staff (American English) refers to a flag flying below the summit of a ship mast, a pole on land, or a pole on a building. In many countrie [..]
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half-mastThe position of a flag when lowered halfway down.
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