D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Half-mast

/(-mȧst`)/ · Half·-mast · IPA
01 n. A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).
  1. 1.
    A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff; as, a flag a half-mast (a token of mourning, etc.).