| 单词 | union down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunion down (also downwards) P3. union down (also downwards): (of the hoisting or flying of a flag) upside down with the union (sense 18) in the lower corner, as a sign of distress or mourning. ΚΠ 1783 J. N. Inglefield Narr. Loss Centaur 9 I immediately gave orders to make the signal of distress, hoisting the ensign on the stump of the mizenmast, union downwards. 1804 Naval Chron. 12 144 The colours..were hoisted Union downwards. 1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 321/1 The American flag..was by mistake hoisted ‘union down’. 1934 Motor Boating Oct. 114/2 Another flag arrangement that has long since passed from use but which was not dissimilar to our ensign flown union down as a distress signal, was the ‘weft’. 2008 Jrnl. County Louth Archaeol. & Hist. Soc. 26 519 He reduced sail to close-reefed topsails and part trysail and hoisted his ensign, union down, as a flag of distress. < as lemmas |
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