- NEBULY
- (adj.) The heraldic term for a sharply undulating line of division on a shield, banner or arms or a flag,
or the edge of an ordinary such as a fess or chevron, and intended to represent clouds – but see note below
(also banner of arms, fess,
chevron 1) and ordinary).
Flags of Meisterschwanden,
Tartar and Buochs, Switzerland
Please note that this term is not to be confused with unde,
undy or wavy – see wavy.
- NEEDLEWORK
- See embroider
- NEF
- A type of single-masted, medieval trading vessel (usually shown with fore
and aft castles as equipped for war) – but see ancient ship,
cog and the note below.
![[nef]](../images/v/vx-ca-nb.gif)
![[nef]](../images/v/vx-newbruns).gif)
Flag and Arms of New Brunswick, Canada (fotw &
Wikimedia);
Flag of Elblag County, Poland
Please note that the terms "nef" and "cog" both refer to a single-masted sailing vessel and are
generally considered interchangeable, however, properly speaking the earlier cog was steered
most often by a long
oar, whereas the later nef invariably had a stern mounted rudder.
- NEOGRENADINE TRICOLOUR (or NEOGRENADINE TRIBAND)
- The terms sometimes applied to a horizontal tricolour whose upper stripe
occupies
one half of the flag's width (see also uneven tricolour ).
National Flag of Colombia;
Flag of Jaramijo, Ecuador;
National Flag of Ecuador
Please note that the term dates from the early 19th century, and the South American wars of liberation against Spain
– see flag family.
- NEO-NAZI FLAGS
- See ‘rune(s)
(also arrow cross;,
cross potent,
sun cross
and swastika).
Flag of the New Triumph Party, Argentina; Flag of
National Democratic Party (1999–2009), Lithuania;
Flag of the Hungarian Welfare Association, Hungary
- NETTLE LEAF
- In continental (often but not exclusively German) heraldry, a term for the (usually) white
charge that is reputed to be a development of the zigzag border (see also serrated 1)).
Flag of Pinneberg, Germany;
Flag of Tangstedt, Germany;
Flag of Preetz City, Germany
- NIMBED
- The heraldic term for being depicted wearing a halo – see nimbus.
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Flag and Arms of Škabrnja, Croatia;
Flag of Friedlisberg, Switzerland
- NIMBUS
- The heraldic term for a halo, the aura (or circle of light) that surrounds
the head in the representation of a saint or of a holy animal – see
nimbed (also
agnus dei
aureole
Eye of God and
mandoria).
Flag of Saint-Cierges, Switzerland;
Flag of the Veneto Region, Italy;
Flag of Glarus, Switzerland
- NISSHOKI
- See hinomaru.
National Flag of Japan
- NOBORI
- See daimyo flags
- NOIR
- The French for black and sometimes (mistakenly) used instead of the correct heraldic term sable – see
sable.
- NON-HERALDIC
- 1) The term used to describe those arms, symbols or colours which do not follow the
established heraldic rules, or are not blazoned according to those rules – see
rule of tincture and blazon (also 2) below).
2) See anti-heraldry.
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National Flag of Anguilla;
Arms and Flag of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- NORDIC CROSS
- See Scandinavian cross.
National Flag of Iceland
- NORTH-EAST DIAGONAL
- A diagonal stripe running from the upper fly edge to the lower hoist corner, whose corners may or
may not touch the corners of the flag but whose width is contained within the length of the flag at its
top edge and the width of the flag at its fly (see also
Appendix IX,
ascending diagonal,
descending diagonal,
east-south diagonal,
east-west diagonal,
north-south diagonal,
south-east diagonal,
south-north diagonal,
west-east diagonal),
west-north diagonal,
and west-south diagonal).
Flag of Nýrovn, Czechia
Please note that this term, whilst an extension of those existing and
established, has been introduced by the editors.
- NORTH-SOUTH DIAGONAL
- A diagonal stripe that runs from the upper hoist to the lower fly, and whose
corners generally (but not invariably) touch the corners of the flag but whose width is entirely contained within
the length of the flag – an enhanced bend – see bend (also
ascending diagonal,
descending diagonal’,
east-west diagonal,
north-east diagonal,
south-east diagonal,
south-north diagonal,
west-east diagonal),
west-north diagonal),
and west-south diagonal).
![[North-South diagonal]](../images/v/vx-ec-ma-jm.gif)
![[North-South diagonal - Trinidad and Tobago]](../images/v/vx-tt.gif)
![[North-South diagonal - Aspariegos, Spain]](../images/v/vx-es-za-as.gif)
Flag of Jama Canton, Ecuador;
National Flag of Trinidad and Tobago;
Flag of Aspariegos, Spain
- NUMBER FLAG (or PENNANT)
- See insurance flag.
![[Number flag]](../images/v/vx-de-br-ss~835.gif)
Number Flag from Stralsund 1835, Germany
- NUMERAL (or NUMERIC SIGNAL) FLAG
- Any one of a set of straight-sided flags of simple design representing the
numerals zero to nine, and used in some naval flag signal codes – a numeric signal flag (see also
numeral pennant and
signal flag).
![[NATO numeral flag]](../images/v/vxt-d384b.gif)
![[NATO numeral flag]](../images/v/vxt-d384c.gif)
![[NATO numeral flag]](../images/v/vxt-d5462.gif)
Numeral Flags 1, 2 & 7 in the RN/USN/NATO Code of Naval Signals)
- NUMERAL PENNANT
- Any one of a set of tapered square-ended pennants (or trapezoids) of simple design representing
the numerals zero to nine, and used in the International Code of Signal flags
as well as some naval flag signal codes (see also
code pennant,
International Code of Signal Flags,
numeral flag,
signal flag,
substitute and
trapezoid 2)).
![[numeral pennants]](../images/v/vx-ics~0.gif)
![[numeral pennants]](../images/v/vx-ics~7.gif)
Numeral Pennants 0 and 7 in the International Code of Signals
