单词 | union flag |
释义 | Union flagn. 1. Before 1801 (originally in naval contexts): the national flag of Great Britain, formed by combining the white-bordered red cross of St George with the white cross of St Andrew, retaining the blue ground of the flag of St Andrew. After 1801: the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (since 1927 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), formed by the addition of the red cross of St Patrick to the flag of Great Britain. See also Union Jack n. 1, which is now the more usual term. Cf. union n.2 18a, red, white, and blue at red adj. and n. Phrases 5b.The flag was introduced in 1606 to symbolize the union of the crowns of England and Scotland; the cross of St Patrick was added on the union of the parliaments of Great Britain and Ireland, when the whole flag was blazoned by royal proclamation (see quot. 1801). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > Union Jack Union colours1634 Union flag1634 Union Jack1674 union1720 red, white, and blue1855 1606 King James VI & I in Stuart Royal Proclam. (1973) I. lxiv. 135 Whereas some difference hath arisen betweene our Subjects of South and North Britaine travayling by Seas, about the bearing of their Flagges: For the avoyding of all such contentions hereafter, Wee have with the advise of our Councell ordered; That from hencefoorth all our Subjects of this Isle and Kingdome of great Britaine and the members thereof, shall beare in their Mainetoppe, the Red Crosse, commonly called St. Georges Crosse, and the White Crosse commonly called S Andrewes Crosse, joyned together according to a forme made by our Heralds.] 1634 in R. Sanderson Rymer's Fœdera (1732) XIX. 549/1 None shall from henceforth presume to carry the Union Flag in the main Top or other part of their Ships, that is Saint George his Cross and Saint Andrews Cross joined together,..but that the same Union Flag be still reserved as an Ornament proper for our own Ships, and Ships in our immediate Service and Pay, and none other. 1681 in Eng. Hist. Rev. Jan. (1911) 50 [An article forbidding] privateers to wear our Union flagg and jack. 1696 London Gaz. No. 3190/3 Leaving the Command of the Fleet with my Lord Berkeley, who..has put up the Union Flag on Board the Britannia. 1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates ix. 153 One of them struck the Union Flag on the Top of the Castle. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Jack In the British Navy the jack is..a small union flag..; but in merchant-ships this union is bordered with a red field. 1801 London Gaz. No. 15325. 23/2 The Union Flag shall be Azure, the Crosses saltires of St. Andrew and St. Patrick Quarterly per Saltire, counterchanged Argent and Gules; the latter fimbriated of the Second, surmounted by the Cross of St. George of the Third, fimbriated as the Saltire. 1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer I. viii. 217 A union flag is displayed at the mizen peak. 1865 Notes & Queries 11 Mar. 208/2 The incorporation of the red saltier of St. Patrick into the Union Flag. 1911 Mariner′s Mirror 1 183 It is possible..that the ‘Union Flag’ may already have been sometimes spoken of as the ‘Union Jack’ in or soon after 1790. 1954 Times 6 May 3/6 At the Tower of London, the Ministry of Works will decorate the promenade terrace with Union flags. 2002 Daily Tel. 11 Feb. 1/2 This meant that the Union Flag could fly at half-mast at Buckingham Palace. 2. Originally: the flag of the thirteen American colonies which declared independence in 1776, consisting of a red and white striped flag with a Union Jack in the top corner near the hoist; = Grand Union flag n. at grand adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2. Later: the flag of the United States of America as adopted by the Union side during the American Civil War (1861–5). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > U.S. flag > Union flag Union flag1776 Union banner1861 1776 Pennsylvania Evening Post 28 May 266/2 The Union Flag of the American States waved upon the Capitol. 1864 A. H. Quint Potomac & Rapidan ii. 45 At Charlestown every shop was closed as we entered, save one; and the occupant of that, though displaying a Union flag, proved the meanest rebel of all. 1921 Boys' Life Oct. 14/1 Its defenders had marched out, the Union flag was flying. 2007 Southwestern Hist. Q. 110 559 Tasked with planting the Union flag in Confederate Texas, Maj. Gen. Nathanial P. Banks..scrambled ashore. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1634 |
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