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Dictionary of Vexillology: T (Trade Union Banner - Tressure Fleury)

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TRADE UNION BANNER
See ‘banner 3)’.

TRADE UNION FLAG
A flag, as opposed to a banner as defined herein, that is representative of a trade union or an affiliation of such unions (see also ‘banner 3)’).

Metal Industry Union, German General Labour Confederation, Columbia General Workers Union, Portugal
Metal Industry Union, Germany (fotw); General Labour Confederation, Colombia (fotw); General Workers Union, Portugal (fotw)

Please note that, in both historical and/or contemporary terms, a trade union flag and a political flag can often be very closely linked – see ‘political flag 2)’.


TRAILING
1) In UK military and some other usage, a term for marching with a colour or flag dragging on the ground, or standing in that position, and is employed as a mark of respect to the head of state at funerals or as a token of victory in a parade of captured enemy colours – but see ‘vailing’ (also ‘dipping 1)’).
2) An uncommon method of saluting using a flag hoisted on a pole - the flag is lowered until it just touches the ground for a few seconds, and then raised smartly - practiced in some monarchies as a salute to a member of the royal family.

TRAILING EDGE
An alternative term for the sinister edge of a vertically hung banner or a gonfalon – see ‘sinister edge 2)’.

trailing edge

Please note, that this term has been introduced by the Editors as a vexillological alternative to the heraldically derived "sinister edge".


TRANSARTAT
A medieval term, now obsolete, for a banner on a crossbar.

TRANSFIXED
The heraldic term used when a charge or animal has been pierced with an arrow, sword, lance or other weapon (see also ‘pierced 2)’).

transfixed transfixed transfixed
Flag of Senčur, Slovenia (fotw); Flag of Mače, Croatia (fotw); Arms and Flag of Lipnica, Poland (fotw);


TRANSPOSED
An alternative heraldic term to reversed - see ‘reversed 2)’.

transposed example transposed example
Arms and Flag of Milower, Germany (fotw)


TRANSVERSANT (or TRANSVERSE)
Heraldically derived terms used when the charge on a flag is shown as being rotated 90 degrees from the position in which it is usually seen.

[transversant cross example] [transversant shield example]


TRANSVERSED
An alternative heraldic term to contourne - see ‘contourné’.

[transversed example]
Flag of Bergues, France (fotw )


TRAPEZOID (or TRAPEZIUM)
1) A charge similar to a triangle but with the apex squared, as in the flag of Kuwait (see also ‘triangle’).
2) The alternative terms used to describe a triangular pennant whose apex is squared - a trapezoidal pennant (see also ‘code pennant’, ‘numeral pennant’ and ‘pennant 2)’.

[Kuwait - Trapezium example] Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes US
National Flag of Kuwait (fotw); Pennant of the Yacht Racing Union of the Great Lakes, US (fotw)


TRAPEZOIDAL PENNANT
See ‘trapezoid 2)’.

[Kuwait - Trapezium example]
Burgee of the Watersportvereniging Werkendam, The Netherlands (fotw)


TREFOIL
The heraldic term for a charge in the form of a stylized flower or plant with three petals or leaves, and which is almost invariably shown bearing a stalk (see also ‘cinquefoil’, ‘cloverstems’, ‘cross botonny’ and ‘quatrefoil’)

trefoil trefoil trefoil
Flag of Trpinja, Croatia (fotw); Flag of Ungersheim, France (fotw); Flag of Mladenovac, Serbia (fotw)

Please note that a cloverleaf and the traditional Irish emblem – a shamrock – are also trefoils.

trefoil shamrock
Burgee of the Royal North of Ireland Yacht Club (fotw)


TREFOIL (or TREFLEE) CROSS
In heraldry see ‘cross botonny’.

[trefoil cross flag] [trefoil cross flag]
Flag of Boudevilliers, Switzerland (fotw); Arms of Vestby, Norway (fotw)


TRESSURE
The heraldic term used by some writers to describe a narrow single border inset from the edges of a shield, banner of arms or a flag – but see ‘orle 1)’ and its following note (also ‘border’, ‘double-tressure’ and ‘inset border’).

Turkey customs tressure
Flag of the Customs Administration, Turkey (fotw); Rank Flag of a General Officer, Croatia (fotw)


TRESSURE FLEURY (or TRESSURE FLORY)
In heraldry see ‘fleury’ and ‘tressure’ (also ‘double-tressure fleury counter fleury’).

Turkey customs Turkey customs
Flag and Arms of Vang, Norway (fotw)


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