: a bugle call in the British Army equivalent to taps
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last post noun (military)
1. The second of two bugle-calls denoting the time for retiring for the night
2. The farewell bugle-call at military funerals
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Main Entry: ↑last
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n. (in the British armed forces) the second of two bugle calls giving notice of the hour of retiring at night, played also at military funerals and acts of remembrance
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noun
the last post
Brit : ↑taps
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a tune played on a ↑bugle at military funerals and at the end of the day in military camps
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When they sound the last post, the flag is lowered.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.