Half-mast

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Half-mast \Half"-mast`\ (-m[.a]st`), n.
     A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a
     flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  half-mast
       n : a position some distance below the top of the mast to which
           a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress