pinion. IPA(key): /ˈpɛnənt/ Rhymes: -ɛnənt pennant (plural pennants) A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition. The broad...
fraying in a strong wind. Flags considered as a group. strips of material hung as decoration material from which flags are made flags as a group Wikispecies...
IPA(key): /ˈstɹiːmɚ/ Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ) streamer (plural streamers) A long, narrow flag, or piece of material used or seen as a decoration. 1667, John Dryden, Annus...
holding a tricolour, shouted. red, white and blue (American or British flags) A flag with three stripes of different colours tricolour (not comparable) Having...
one or more flags may be raised and flown. flagstaff run something up the flagpole send it up the flagpole and see who salutes pole for flags flagpole (third-person...
instructions have any effect whatsoever on any flags; instead, they are the instructions which look at the flags. 1999, Mickey Kawick, Real-time Strategy Game...
Middle English standard, from Old French estandart (“gathering place, battle flag”), from Frankish *standahard (literally “stand firm, stand hard”), equivalent...
of communication called semaphore uses flags or flashing lights to send messages over distances. [...] Code flags are less common today but are sometimes...
sweet flag (plural sweet flags) A perennial wetland plant, Acorus calamus, with an aromatic medicinal root, formerly used to strew floors. Synonym: calamus...
flagbearer, flag bearer From flag + bearer. flag-bearer (plural flag-bearers) One who carries a flag, especially at a ceremony. Synonyms: flag carrier,...