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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.

obsolete

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.

See also

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