{"id":593,"date":"2026-05-29T10:19:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags.page\/en\/glossary\/hoist\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:19:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T10:19:17","slug":"hoist","status":"publish","type":"term","link":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/glossary\/hoist\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In vexillology, the **hoist** is the half of a flag nearest the staff or pole, and also the vertical edge of the flag attached to the halyard. The hoist is the most prestigious portion of a flag&#8217;s field: charges placed in the hoist (or in the canton, which sits in the upper hoist) are considered the most important in the design. The hoist edge usually carries a sleeve, grommets, or rope by which the flag is bent on to the halyard.<\/p>\n<p>**Example**: The single white star in the canton of Liberia&#8217;s flag occupies the upper hoist, mirroring the United States flag from which Liberia&#8217;s design derives.<\/p>\n<p>**See also**: [fly](\/glossary\/fly\/), [canton](\/glossary\/canton\/), [halyard](\/glossary\/halyard\/), [hoist-end](\/glossary\/hoist-end\/)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-593","term","type-term","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/term"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/term"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flags.page\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}