flagstaffn.
/ˈflaɡstɑːf/, /ˈflaɡstaf/, U.S. /ˈflæɡˌstæf/ A pole or staff on which a flag is hung.
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1614 T. Overbury et al. Characters in Wife now Widdow (3rd impr.) sig. C5 He..cannot sit vnlesse he beare a flagge staff.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 82 Flying the several Colours..on Flag-Staffs erected for that purpose.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Flag-staves.
1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 166 Hoist a red flag on the flag-staff.
1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ix. 84 It began with the erection of flag staffs.
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