dip the flag การใช้

_Dip the flag to any person or thing.
The controversy began at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London where flag bearers were expected to dip the flag to Edward VII on two occasions.
At 3.00 p . m . the Cornet and his mounted supporters leave the Moor for the town stopping at the Coble Pool in the River Teviot to dip the flag marking another boundary.
To dip the flag on a merchant vessel passing a naval vessel involves lowering the stern flag ( the country flag ) to the half-mast position and back to the truck as the vessels pass abeam of each other.