MASTIL

n. pole, post; mast; neck

Guitar neck

= flagpole, mast, flagstaff.
Ex: A request such as `Where can I buy a flagpole?' might be dealt with by showing the enquirer where the trade directories are kept.
Ex: To do so should the public library nail its colours firmly to the technological mast and accept that print-based and other services should no longer have a high priority?.
Ex: In the absence of Their Majesties, the flagstaff on the Round Tower of Windsor Castle is being cleaned and beeswaxed.