mast (redirected from masted)

be at half-mast (British, humorous)

if someone's trousers are at half-mast, they are too short. His hair was dirty and his trousers at half-mast.

nail your colours to the mast

to publicly state your opinions about a subject. Nobody knows which way he's going to vote because he has so far refused to nail his colours to the mast.

See also: colour, nail