top-flag
top-flag noun: a flag flown from the top of the mast of a sailing ship.
Noun
top-flag (plural top-flags)
- A flag flown from the top of the mast of a sailing ship.
- […] when he shall know it lies in vs,
To banish him, and then to call him home,
Twill make him vaile the topflag of his pride,
And feare to offend the meanest noble man.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC... - Duke. Of whence now?
Sailor. Of Naples, Naples, Naples!
I see her top-flag, how she quarters Naples.1647, John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, The Double Marriage, Act II, Scene 1, in The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, Edinburgh: John Ballantyne, 1812, Volume 8, p. 36
- […] when he shall know it lies in vs,
Forms of top-flag
| plural | top-flags |
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Questions about top-flag
- What does top-flag mean?
- Top-flag means a flag flown from the top of the mast of a sailing ship.
- What part of speech is top-flag?
- Top-flag is a noun.
- What is the plural of top-flag?
- The plural of top-flag is top-flags.
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