ensign staff

How to use ensign staff in a sentence

• She flew no flag at her masthead, it is true; but Mildmay could now see that she had hoisted a blue ensign on her ensign staff.

  With Airship and Submarine | Harry Collingwood

• When she struck, a number of the men climbed up the ensign-staff, under an apprehension of her immediately going to pieces.

  Reprinted Pieces | Charles Dickens

• On either side and slightly in advance of the ensign staff, M.-L.

  The Thick of the Fray at Zeebrugge | Percy F. Westerman

• Her stern was high out of water, the red ensign of England flapping impotently on the ensign staff.

  Diary of a U-Boat Commander | Anonymous

• "Blue Peter" was hoisted at the fore, while the Dutch national ensign floated from her ensign staff.

  A Lively Bit of the Front | Percy F. Westerman