flagstaff

There was a flagstaff there, so that Dr. Bentley could run up signals.

When displayed at the same location on separate poles, the code says, they “should be displayed on flagpoles or flagstaffs of the same height” and “the flags should be of approximately equal size.”

One, the rioters beat with a flagstaff with an American flag attached.

Even their conversations are the stuff of legend; see Toklas calling Beach “flagstaff”, a chummy reference to the latter’s dedication to flying the flag of American literature.

There was a flagstaff in the garden, and on the roof was a gilt weathercock shaped like a telescope.