| 单词 | king's colour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKing's Colour King's Colour n. (in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries) one of the two flags making up, along with the Regimental Colour, the colours carried by a regiment, typically having a design which incorporates the Union Jack or other national flag and the royal cipher (also in plural in the same sense); cf. colour n.1 20a. ΚΠ 1629 J. Dymes Let. 22 Jan. (modernized text) in Cal. State Papers, Domest. Ser. Charles I (1859) 455 [When she [sc. a small man-of-war]]..saw them put up the King's colours, [she endeavoured to escape]. 1786 Gen. Regulations & Orders His Majesty's Forces 15 The two Eldest Ensigns carrying the Colours,..the King's Colour taking the Right of the second Colour. 1838 J. Forster in D. Lardner Cabinet Cycl. IV. 17 The captains..offered to lend or to give a set of the king's colours to the colony to be displayed on the occasion. 1951 Times 28 May 4/4 The King's Colour was presented to the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom by Princess Elizabeth, deputizing for the King. 2015 Bendigo (Victoria) Advertiser (Nexis) 31 July The 38th Infantry Battalion's King's Colours were returned to Bendigo in a ceremony at the Soldiers Memorial Museum. < as lemmas |
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