| 单词 | dutch jack |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDutch jack A ship's flag of a smaller size than the ensign, used at sea as a signal, or as an identifying device; spec. a small flag flown at the bow (formerly often at the head of the spritsail topmast) of a vessel moored or at anchor to indicate its nationality, frequently with modifying adjective, as British jack, Dutch jack, etc.In British use the jack has been since the 17th cent. (except under the Commonwealth) a small Union flag of the period (see Union Jack n.), and hence the term Union Jack is often applied to the Union flag even when not flown at sea. Every maritime nation has its own jack, typically either of the same design as the canton of the ensign, or a smaller version of the ensign itself. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > naval or merchant pavilion1572 blue flag1613 jack1633 white ensign1676 Red Ensign1720 Blue Ensign1745 red flag1757 red rag1809 Union Jack1832 duster1904 red duster1914 1633 J. Penington Direct. to Commanders of Ships, 1633–8 (BL MS Sloane 2682) f. 51 You are alsoe for this present service to keepe in yor Jack at yor Boultspritt end and yor Pendant and yor Ordinance. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 22 June (1974) VIII. 283 The Dutch did take her [sc. the Royal Charles] with a boat of nine Men..and presently a man went up and struck her flag and Jacke. 1694 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 343 This day was published their majesties proclamation..prohibiting other than the kings ships to wear their majesties Jack, called the Union Jack. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 119 The Signal is to shew a white Jack at the Main Top-mast Head. 1788 G. Keate Acct. Pelew Islands xxi. 255 At day-light, an English jack was hoisted at the mast-head. 1822 W. James Naval Hist. Great Brit. II. 93 The stranger, which ultimately proved to be the French 32-gun frigate Néréïde,..hoisted a Dutch jack, and hauled to the wind. 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) In the United States naval service the jack is a blue flag with a white five-pointed star for each State in the Union. 1954 G. Tucker Poltroons & Patriots I. xi. 173 Captain Dacres ran up a new British Jack on the stump of the mainmast. 2014 A.-M. Owens & J. Yealland Our Flag 13 The jack flies at the bow. < as lemmas |
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