{"id":602,"date":"2026-05-29T10:19:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/halyard\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:19:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:21","slug":"halyard","status":"publish","type":"term","link":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/halyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Halyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A **halyard** is the rope or line used to hoist and lower a flag along a staff or mast. The halyard runs through a block at the top of the pole and is secured at the foot, often to a cleat. In formal flag etiquette the halyard is kept taut and the flag is raised briskly and lowered ceremoniously. Damage to the halyard is a common reason a flag flies at an irregular height.<\/p>\n<p>**Example**: At a naval ceremony, the ensign is bent on to the halyard and &#8216;two-blocked&#8217; so that its hoist edge touches the truck of the mast.<\/p>\n<p>**See also**: [hoisting](\/glossary\/hoisting\/), [lowering](\/glossary\/lowering\/), [finial](\/glossary\/finial\/), [full-staff](\/glossary\/full-staff\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-602","term","type-term","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term\/602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/term"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}