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burgee
burgee, a broad, tapering pennant, normally with a swallow tail but occasionally without. Burgees of yacht clubs are normally triangular, of a length twice that of the depth at the hoist, and carry on them the particular insignia of the club concerned. Commodores of yacht clubs usually fly swallow-tailed burgees again carrying the insignia of the club. Burgees without a swallow tail are used as the substitute flags in the International Code of Signals.
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"burgee." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "burgee." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-burgee.html "burgee." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-burgee.html |
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burgee
burgee (naut.) small three-cornered flag, yacht flag. XVIII. perh. for *burgee's flag, i.e. owner's flag: — F. bourgeois (see BURGESS) in the sense of ‘master’, ‘owner’.
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T. F. HOAD. "burgee." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "burgee." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-burgee.html T. F. HOAD. "burgee." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-burgee.html |
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"burgee." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "burgee." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-burgee.html "burgee." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-burgee.html |
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