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Definition of Signal flag
1. Noun. A rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device.
Generic synonyms: Visual Signal
Specialized synonyms: Pennant, Code Flag, Nautical Signal Flag, Red Flag
Derivative terms: Flag
Lexicographical Neighbors of Signal Flag
Literary usage of Signal flag
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1908)
"... into Their Fort and Takes Possession of the Town—Mistakes a Signal-Flag for
a Truce and Approaches for a Parley—Chivalrous Act of a Federal Soldier, ..."
2. Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest by John Allan Wyeth (1899)
"... into Their Fort and Takes Possession of the Town—Mistakes a Signal-Flag for
a Truce and Approaches for a Parley—Chivalrous Act of a Federal Soldier, ..."
3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1893)
"And if the place could have been made safe by placing a signal-flag at the head
of the switch-track, it would have been the duty of the foreman to have the ..."
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