{"id":605,"date":"2026-05-29T10:19:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/hoist-end\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:22","slug":"hoist-end","status":"publish","type":"term","link":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/hoist-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoist-end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The **hoist-end** is the vertical edge of a flag attached to the staff, halyard or sleeve. It is the edge by which the flag is bent on to its means of suspension and is usually reinforced with canvas, a rope (the boltrope), or grommets. The hoist-end is also referred to as the leech in some maritime contexts.<\/p>\n<p>**Example**: A grommeted flag has brass or stainless rings set into a canvas heading at the hoist-end through which the halyard is run.<\/p>\n<p>**See also**: [hoist](\/glossary\/hoist\/), [fly-end](\/glossary\/fly-end\/), [halyard](\/glossary\/halyard\/), [ratio](\/glossary\/ratio\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-605","term","type-term","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term\/605","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=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}