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ensign staff
noun
- a staff at the stern of a vessel at which the ensign is flown.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ensign staff1
First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences
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.
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When she struck, a number of the men climbed up the ensign-staff, under an apprehension of her immediately going to pieces.
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On either side and slightly in advance of the ensign staff, M.-L.
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Her stern was high out of water, the red ensign of England flapping impotently on the ensign staff.
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"Blue Peter" was hoisted at the fore, while the Dutch national ensign floated from her ensign staff.
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