Top-flag
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Top-flag is a noun meaning (nautical, obsolete) A flag flown from the top of the mast of a sailing ship.
Meaning
(nautical, obsolete) A flag flown from the top of the mast of a sailing ship.
Example Sentences
[…] 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.
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, Duke. Of whence now? Sailor. Of Naples, Naples, Naples! I see her top-flag, how she quarters Naples.
Word Forms
- top-flags
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include foretopmast, topgallant, topmast, mainmast, peak, flagship.
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