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flag-staff

noun

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  1. Alternative form of flagstaff.

    • At the west is a square tower, of graceless proportions, surmounted by a mean wooden turret and two flag-staves.
    • When the Flag is at half-staff, in the case of a cylindrical iron flag-staff, the middle of the hoist is about half-way between the top of the staff and the band to which the top of the guy anchors are fastened.
    • Near this cavern there was a hut for absolute magnetic observations, and on a small hill above, on which was a flag-staff, were the meteorological instruments.

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