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Meaning of top-flag | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A flag flown from the top of the mast of a sailing ship.

Equivalents

Türkçe fors

Examples

“[…] when he shall know ⟳ it lies in vs, To banish him, and then to call ⟳ him home, Twill make ⟳ him vaile the topflag of his pride, And feare to offend the meanest noble man.”

“1647, John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, The Double ⟳ Marriage, Act II, Scene 1, in The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, Edinburgh: John Ballantyne, 1812, Volume 8, p. 36, Duke. Of whence now? Sailor. Of Naples, Naples, Naples! I see ⟳ her top-flag, how she quarters Naples.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

top-hamper top-hat top-hat pension top-hat plan top-hat transform top-hatting

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