Meaning of house-flag | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A flag that uniquely identifies the company that owns or, occasionally, that operates a ship.
2. A flag that identifies a company, unit, or other group.
   broadly

Examples

“Her house-flag was flying, and her whistle from time to time acknowledged the salutes of friendly boats, who saw⟳ that she was new to the High and Narrow Seas and wished to make⟳ her welcome⟳.”

“And when the house-flag fluttered half-way to the deck and climbed again to the masthead, the soul of Hector McKaye would thrill.”

“No more dignified ship than the Queen Victoria flies the house-flag of any British line.”

“In the school ground, I saw⟳ a boy of section B was given the responsibility of leading the march⟳ past with house-flag in his hands.”

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