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2. Flagpole - Wikipedia

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   A flagpole, flagmast, flagstaff, or staff is a pole designed to support a flag. If it is taller than can be easily reached to raise the flag, a cord is used, looping around a pulley at the top of the pole with the ends tied at the bottom. The flag is fixed to one lower end of the cord, and is then raised by pulling on the other end.

3. Inglefield clip - Wikipedia

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   Inglefield clips, from a Royal Navy handbook of 1943 Two brass Inglefield clips connected (a standard clip on the left and a swivel clip on the right).. The Inglefield clip (also known as a sister clip [1] and a Brummel hook [2]) is a clip for joining a flag or ensign quickly, easily and securely to flag halyards so that the flag can be hoisted. [3]

4. Hitch (knot) - Wikipedia

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   A knot used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or other rope. (See also Rolling hitch) Marline Hitching: A knot used to attach a rope to a cylindrical object. Similar in appearance to the Chain Hitch, but a succession of overhand knots. Marlinespike hitch: A temporary knot used to attach a rod to a rope in order to form a handle. Midshipman's hitch

5. List of knots - Wikipedia

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   Magnus hitch (rolling hitch) – used to attach a rope to a rod, pole, or other rope; Manharness knot (artillery loop) – knot with a loop on the bight for non-critical purposes; Matthew Walker knot – decorative knot that is used to keep the end of a rope from fraying

6. Raising the flags: A family tradition kept alive in the Pool ...

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   The green, white, passing, checker, red, black and yellow flags that surround the two-and-a-half-mile-long track have been raised by the same family since the early 1970s.

7. Flag protocol - Wikipedia

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   A flag protocol (or flag code) is a set of rules and regulations for the display of flags within a country, including national, subnational, and foreign flags. Generally, flag protocols call for the national flag to be the most prominent flag (i.e, in the position of honor), flown highest and to its own right (the viewer's left) and for the flag to never touch the ground.

8. Wikipedia:How to put up a straight pole by pushing it at an ...

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   However, the straightest of straight poles should ensue, so long as there's an equally energetic group of warriors pushing the pole in the other direction. Importantly, pole straightening is not a function of numbers of people pushing, as one very enthusiastic warrior can be the equal of any number of people half-heartedly pushing the other way.

9. Glossary of vexillology - Wikipedia

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   The half or edge of a flag farthest away from the flagpole. This term also sometimes refers to the horizontal length of a flag. Heading. Main article: Flag § Hoisting the flag. A piece of loose fabric running along the hoist for attaching a flag to its rope. Hoist The half or edge of a flag nearest to the flagpole.