half-staff

half-staff

(hăf′stăf′, häf′stäf′)n. See half-mast.

half-staff

n another word for half-mast

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

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half-staff - a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distresshalf-mastposition, place - the particular portion of space occupied by something; "he put the lamp back in its place"