half-staffn.

1. = half-mast n.

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the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [adverb] > at half-mast (of flags)

half-staff1708

1708 London Gaz. No. 4489/2 The Ships Flags, which were only half-staff high.

1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. xix. 401 Pennants hoisted at half-staff.

†2. Half the length of a staff. to fight at the half-staff, to fight at close quarters with staves. Obs.

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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adverb] > at close-quarters

handlingsa1400

hand by hand?a1439

hand unto handc1540

head-to-head1556

half-sword1589

at the sera1591

half-staff1603

close quarters1809

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 517 The Persian horsemen also..bearing staues of good ash..fight with them as occasion serueth at the halfe staffe.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2012).

单词	half-staff
释义	half-staffn. 1. = half-mast n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > [adverb] > at half-mast (of flags) half-staff1708 1708 London Gaz. No. 4489/2 The Ships Flags, which were only half-staff high. 1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. xix. 401 Pennants hoisted at half-staff. †2. Half the length of a staff. to fight at the half-staff, to fight at close quarters with staves. Obs. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adverb] > at close-quarters handlingsa1400 hand by hand?a1439 hand unto handc1540 head-to-head1556 half-sword1589 at the sera1591 half-staff1603 close quarters1809 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 517 The Persian horsemen also..bearing staues of good ash..fight with them as occasion serueth at the halfe staffe. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2012). < n.1603
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