house flag

noun

1. a flag flown by a merchant ship, bearing the emblem of its owners or operators.

Word History and Origins

Origin of house flag¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

On a brumal November day, the Sarmania was to sail on her first trip under the Sutton house-flag.

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This here craft is registered under your grandpas name an is sailin under his house-flag, the old cook reminded him.

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They are not really chartered; but before they can clear the Customs, they must fly a foreign house-flag and number.

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

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Her house-flag blew stately from the lofty masthead; stately and proud, too, she floated, tall and square.

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