paying-off pennant
(also paying-off pendant) Nautical
noun
An extremely long pennant, often with a float at its tip, flown in place of the commissioning pennant by a ship returning to its home port to discharge its crew.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Times.
- right-eyedness
- righteye flounder
- right field
- right-footed
- rightful
- rightful-born
- rightfully
- rightfulness
- right half
- right hand
- right-hand drive
- right-hand driving
- right-handed
- right-handedly
- right-handed mill
- right-handedness
- right-handed rope
- right-hander
- right-hand lock
- right-hand man
- right-hand rope
- right-hand rule
- right-hand screw
- right heart
- Right Hon.