ensign staff

American  

noun

1. a staff at the stern of a vessel at which the ensign is flown.

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Etymology

Origin of ensign staff

First recorded in 1700–10

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ensign staff

Then from the ensign staff fluttered the Black Cross of the Imperial German Navy.

From Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

If the flag striped red and white be hoisted on the ensign staff the rear-admiral of the red is to send ships to chase.

From Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. by Julian S. (Julian Stafford) Corbett

A pennant on the mizen peak or ensign staff if any ship bear away from the enemy to stop a leak.

From Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. by Julian S. (Julian Stafford) Corbett

Their ensign staff is very long and high, being bent at top like a bow; but the colours, hardly a yard in breadth, hang down from the top like a long pendant.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Robert Kerr

When the admiral would have the other squadrons to make more sail, though he himself shorten sail, a white ensign shall be put on the ensign staff of the admiral ship.

From Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. by Julian S. (Julian Stafford) Corbett

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