- BEACH (SAFETY or WARNING) FLAG (or PENNANT)
- A flag or pennant from one of several different systems for signalling the
condition of a beach, the state of the ocean or weather at that particular point,
and/or to what degree bathing safety precautions are in place – a bathing or surfing
flag/pennant, a weather or weather-warning flag/pennant, a shark alert or alarm flag/pennant, a wind, windsurf or windsurfing danger
flag/pennant or similar – but see blue flag (also
red flag 1) and
storm warning flag).
Some Beach Flags and Pennants, Spain,
The Netherlands and
France
- BEACH QUALITY FLAG
- See blue flag
Beach Quality/Blue Flag, European
- BEAKED
- The heraldic term which may be used when the beak of a bird or a bird-like creature is of a different
tincture than the body (see also
armed 2),
attired,
comb(ed),
gorged,
jelloped,
langued,
membered and
tincture).
Flag of Asperen, The Netherlands;
Flag of Filisur, Switzerland;
Flag of Krukow, Germany
- BEAM
- 1) An expanding stripe (or stripes) which usually – but not exclusively – expand from a
central point in order to represent a shaft (or shafts) of light – rays – but see
radiating 1)
(also expanding stripe(s)).
2) The term may also be used to describe a horizontal arm such as those
seen on an anchor, cross or yard (see also anchor,
cross 1) and
yard).- 3) A term sometimes incorrectly used to describe a stripe
(or stripes) in place of the heraldic equivalents – see
bar,
bend,
fess and
pale.
Flag of the Soviet Air Force ca. 1940;
Flag of P’ing-tung, Taiwan;
Standard of Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada
- BEAM CROSS
- An accurate but seldom used translation (Balken meaning a “balk”,
“bar” or “beam” of wood) of the German term
Balkenkreuz.
- BEAMED
- A term sometimes incorrectly used in place of pointed – see pointed
(also rays 1)).
Flag of Mississippi 1861, CS
- BEARING
- See charge and
charged.
- BEAUFORT
- An early 18th century alternative term, now obsolete, for bunting – see
bunting 1) (also
bewper and breadth 2)).
- BECKET
- A loop at the end of the hoist line of a flag that fastens to a toggle at
the end of the halyard when hoisting a flag – a running eye – but see eye splice
(also halyard,
hoistline,
running eye and toggle
and toggle).
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- BED SHEET FLAG (or BSF)
- See logo on a bed sheet.
Flag of the State of Idaho, US
- BEEF FLAG
- A flag (of unknown configuration) that was flown by supply vessels carrying foodstuffs
to the British Royal Navy during the 18th and 19th centuries
(see also bullock pennant).
- BEEF PENNANT
- See bullock pennant
(also beef flag).
- BEJEWELLED
- In heraldry see gemmed.
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Arms and Flag of Tagilde, Portugal
- BELAYING PIN
- An increasingly obsolete method of securing the halyard by means of
movable vertical pins (fitted into a frame or rack at the foot of the mast)
and now largely replaced by the cleat – a tack pin or jack pin (see also cleat
and halyard).
(Wikipedia)
