jack staff

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

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First recorded in 1685–95

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
You marked each one's jack-staff, that rose mast high from the unseen prow, and behind it the boiler deck, high over the boilers.
Gideon's Band|George W. Cable
That night a fog rolled up from the swamps, and in the morning jack-staff was hid from pilot-house.
The Crisis, Complete|Winston Churchill
Close at hand was a jack-staff upholding an American ensign.
"Forward, March"|Kirk Munroe

The Captain of the transport, his face purple with passion, was rushing towards the jack-staff.
"Forward, March"|Kirk Munroe