Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pole or staff on which a flag is displayed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A staff{4} on which a flag is hoisted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pole on which aflag israised .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised
- noun a town in north central Arizona; site of an important observatory
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word flagstaff.
Examples
-
I have had two misfires #1 was with my brother in flagstaff, Arz. we were hunting with handguns my first hunt with a 357m S&W.
Accidental Discharge 2008
-
i guess i mispoke. flagstaff is the hub of gore's medical products division, the site of development and manufacturing of implantable medical devices. so, if you have one of THOSE ... cut.it. out! giffy
-
At the head of the flagstaff was a new broom which indicated that the boat had beaten every other vessel then running on the river north of Galena.
Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History Various
-
If Mariani could reach Valentino at Faenza, I would answer for it that within four-and-twenty hours Messer Ramiro del 'Orca would be the banner on that ghastly beam that he facetiously dubbed his flagstaff; and he would be the blackest, dirtiest banner that ever yet had fluttered there.
The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro Rafael Sabatini 1912
-
McGonogill, outstripped by Taylor and Anderson, and fearful of the return over the slippery ice-incrusted rocks if he went farther, turned back, but Taylor and Anderson reached the top (about twenty thousand feet above the sea) and firmly planted the flagstaff, which is there yet.
The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley) A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America Hudson Stuck 1891
-
Note how the height of the flagstaff, which is 140 feet high and 280 feet distant, is obtained.
-
The foot of the flagstaff, which is to surmount the cupola, will be 160 feet above the sidewalk.
Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City James Dabney McCabe 1862
-
He named it well when he called it his "flagstaff," and the miserable banner of carrion that hung from it was a fitting pennon for the ruthless Governor of Cesena.
The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro Rafael Sabatini 1912
-
Neither the flag nor the flagstaff may display any advertisement or subject matter additional to the design of the flag.
The First Of The Gang To Die. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
-
I live in california (and boy has socal gotten bad with illegals), i stopped taking my family to AZ (sedona, phoenix, flagstaff) b/c of the overflow of illegals (hotels can be especially dangerous) for the past 5 years or so.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.