English
Detailed Synonyms for half-staff in English
half-staff:
half-staff [the ~] noun
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the half-staff
– a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress 1the half-staff; the half-mast– a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress 1