(heraldry, flags) To alter a coat of arms or a flag by adding an element to it. You get the Finnish state flag by defacing the national flag with the state...
top leadership. Flags were seen flying at half-mast in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. China's state news agency Xinhua reported that flags would be lowered...
Swallowtail butterfly on Wikipedia Swallowtail (flag) on Wikipedia Tailcoat on Wikipedia swallow + tail (UK) IPA(key): /ˈswɒl.əʊˌteɪl/ swallowtail...
halyard (plural halyards) (nautical) A rope used to raise or lower a sail, flag, spar or yard. 1922, John Dos Passos, “A Novelist of Revolution”, in Rosinante...
red flag (plural red flags) (literally) A flag that is red, especially associated with leftist revolutionary ideologies. 2018 November 11, “Polish government...
occupies the entire field in which it is placed. The Saint Andrew's cross, the flag of Scotland. 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England...
brick which is presented outward. (flags) A strip of material at the hoist end of a flag, used for attaching the flag to its halyard. double-heading running...
See also: Vexillum Borrowed from Latin vēxillum (“flag, banner”). vexillum (plural vexilla) A flag, banner, or standard. A company of troops serving under...
constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross, which appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting...
pinion. IPA(key): /ˈpɛnənt/ Rhymes: -ɛnənt pennant (plural pennants) A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition. The broad...