jack staff

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noun

a flagstaff at the bow of a vessel, on which a jack is flown.

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Origin of jack staff

First recorded in 1685–95

Words nearby jack staff

Jackson, Jesse, Jackson, “Stonewall”, Jacksonville, Jacksonville Beach, “Jack Sprat”, jack staff, jackstay, jackstone, jackstraw, jackstraws, jack-tar

How to use jack staff in a sentence

Ten minutes later the steamer is under way again, with no flag on the jack-staff and no black smoke issuing from the chimneys.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Every outward-bound boat had its flag flying at the jack-staff, and sometimes a duplicate on the verge staff astern.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
The Captain of the transport, his face purple with passion, was rushing towards the jack-staff.
"Forward, March"|Kirk Munroe
Don't appear to be any night-hawk on the jack-staff—it's the Amaranth, dead sure!
The Gilded Age, Complete|Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner

From the stoke-hole to the funnel, from the jack-staff to the rudder, she explored that boat.
Gorillas & Chimpanzees|R. L. Garner