half-mast

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The lowered position, half the height of a mast, at which a flag is flown when expressing respect for the dead
If a flag is flying at half-mast, it is flying from the middle of the pole, not the top, to show respect and sorrow for someone who has just died. at half-mast a) if a flag is flying at half-mast, it has been raised to the middle of the pole in order to show respect and sadness for someone who has died b) if a piece of clothing is at half-mast, it is lower down the body than is usual
a position some distance below the top of the mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress
half-mast flags
flags flown halfway down from the top of a mast
half-mast.
half-staff
at half mast
at a position halfway below the top of a mast of a ship (of a sail); halfway down a flagpole to signify respect for the dead (of a flag)
flag at half mast
{i} flag flying halfway down a flagpole as a sign of mourning
half mast
halfway down from the top of a mast; hung halfway down the mast (of a flag)
halfmast
A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast a token of mourning, etc
lower a flag to half-mast
lower the flag to the midpoint of the flagpole (to commemorate a sad event)
lowered the flag to half-mast
lowered the flag to the midpoint of the flagpole (to commemorate a sad event)
raise a flag from half-mast
put up a flag that had been lowered half-way down the pole
the flag was lowered to half-mast
flag was lowered half-way down the flag-pole, lowering of a flag as a symbol of mourning or commemoration
half-mast
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