hash mark

1. A service stripe on the sleeve of an enlisted person's uniform.

2. Football A mark in either of two series placed on the field perpendicular to the yard lines and used for spotting the ball.

3. The symbol (#), especially when used as the start of a hashtag.

[Alteration of hatch.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

hash′ mark`

1. Informal. a service stripe.

2. (on a football field) the marking formed by either inbounds line intersecting with one of the lines delineating yardage between the goal lines.

[1905–10]

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hash mark - an insignia worn to indicate years of service

hashmark, service stripe

insignia - a badge worn to show official position

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