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Vierkleur|ˈfɪərklœr|
[a. Afrikaans, f. Du. vier four + kleur colour.]
The flag of the nineteenth-century Transvaal Republic (1857–77 and 1881–1900), distinguished by three horizontal stripes of red, white, and blue, and one vertical green stripe on the left-hand side. Also attrib.
1900W. S. Churchill in Morning Post 17 July 8/1 Someone..produced a Union Jack (made during imprisonment out of a Vierkleur). 1911H. H. Fyfe S. Afr. To-day 106 Yet in Cape Town shop-windows are exhibited cards lamenting the ‘Vierkleur’, the four-coloured flag of the Transvaal. 1929D. Reitz Commando iii. 20 On the left of the track stood a large marquee over which floated the vier-kleur flag of the Transvaal, indicating General Joubert's headquarters. |