burgee
a triangular flag or one having a shallow, angular indentation in the fly, forming two tails, used as an identification flag, especially by yachts.
Origin of burgee
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How to use burgee in a sentence
The limit in the number of members was increased from 200 to 300, and the club burgee also underwent a change.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.The race was under the Royal London burgee, and was sailed in gloomy weather and a smart (p. 355) north-east breeze.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.He appeared on deck presently with a long blue burgee on which was emblazoned in white letters the single word Maggie.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. KyneThat makes us pirates, and that old Maggie burgee floatin' at the fore ain't nothin' more nor less than the Jolly Roger.
Captain Scraggs | Peter B. KyneHe did meet Deacon burgee, who stared at him with more of rage than of amazement in his wrinkled countenance.
Short Sixes | H. C. Bunner
British Dictionary definitions for burgee
/ (ˈbɜːdʒiː) /
nautical a triangular or swallow-tailed flag flown from the mast of a merchant ship for identification and from the mast of a yacht to indicate its owner's membership of a particular yacht club
Origin of burgee
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