flagstaves

Fastened to the towers are four tall flagstaves -- two on either side of the gate -- and from them float gaily-coloured pennons.

Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt James Baikie 1898

Soon we pass a great city, its temples standing out clear against the deep blue sky, with their towering gateways, gay flags floating from tall flagstaves in front of them, and great obelisks pointing to the sky; and our pilot says that this is Memphis, one of the oldest towns in the country, and for long its capital.

Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt James Baikie 1898

[2] The undated admiralty copy (_post_ 1744) has 'flagstaves.'

Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. 1888

Over the altar are still seen the French flagstaves, taken by the garrison in a desperate sally.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829