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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress;
[syn: half-mast, half-staff]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Half-mast \Half"-mast`\ (-m[.a]st`), n.
   A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a
   flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

half-mast
    n 1: a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a
         flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress [syn:
         half-mast, half-staff]