Meaning of half-staff | Babel Free

Definitions

Half-mast.

Canada, Philippines, US, sometimes

Equivalents

Examples

“[T]he agents of the steamship lines drowned their sorrow in rum and ran the house flags to half-staff.”

“Marshal Joseph Pilsudski, Poland's man of power, died here tonight. . . . Flags were lowered to half staffs.”

“President Bush's decision to honor Pope John Paul II by ordering flags lowered to half-staff on all public buildings has reignited a debate about the separation of church and state.”

“[T]he flags at Ottawa fire stations were lowered to half-staff in tribute.”

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