/ · 1894 Brewer’s · N · Nail One’s Colours to the Mast (To)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
To refuse to surrender. When the colours are nailed to the mast they cannot be lowered in proof of submission.
· ·
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
· 
· 
· ·