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Definition of Dogvane
1. n. A small vane of bunting, feathers, or any other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind.
Definition of Dogvane
1. Noun. (nautical) A small vane of bunting, feathers, or other light material, carried at the masthead to indicate the direction of the wind. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete nautical) A cockade worn on a hat (worn in the British Navy in the 18th and 19th centuries) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dogvane
1. a small vane [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dogvane
Literary usage of Dogvane
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The cruise of the Midge by Michael Scott (1842)
"dogvane, in the ramble, had killed a black snake about three feet long, which,
by the writhing of its tail, still shewed signs of life, and this he kept ..."
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