merchant flag

American  

noun

1. the ensign used by all ships engaged in commerce, fishing, etc.

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merchant flag

The merchant flag is red with a yellow ball in the centre.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

Nearer and nearer, before the somewhat freshening breeze, came the strange schooner, with the merchant flag of Great Britain fluttering out to declare how peaceable and friendly was her character.

From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.

I saw the American merchant flag in every port of the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans, and doing the carrying trade of the world.

From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis

A year or two prior to this event this same ship, the Princess Augusta, had a remarkable adventure whilst sailing under the merchant flag of England.

From The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore by Hutchinson, J. R. (John Robert)

Let your deeds express your gratitude; and if you behave as well under the pennant as you have hitherto done under the merchant flag, I shall be more than satisfied.

From The Log of a Privateersman by Rainey, W. (William)