half mast

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half-mast

[haf-mast, hahf-mahst]

–noun

1.	a position approximately halfway between the top of a mast, staff, etc., and its base.

–verb (used with object)

2.	to place (a flag) at half-mast, as a mark of respect for the dead or as a signal of distress.

Origin:
1620–30

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