| 单词 | regimental colour |
| 释义 | > as lemmasregimental colour regimental colour n. (also with capital initials) one of the two flags making up the colours carried by a regiment, the other being a national ensign; cf. colour n.1 20a. ΚΠ 1800 Sun (London) 8 Nov. After firing three vollies, giving a general salute, with the Regimental Colour dropped in honour of the day,..the Regiment marched back to the barrack. 1830 E. S. N. Campbell Dict. Mil. Sci. 39 Colours..are the two silken flags carried by the Senior Ensigns in each Regiment of Infantry. The first, called the King's Colour..the Second, or Regimental Colour. 1941 ‘Faugh-a-Ballagh’ 34 53/2 A silk embroidered shamrock leaf, 3 ins. by 1¾ ins.; being a fragment of the 89th Regimental Colour. 2006 Mil. Hist. May 43/2 His entire center left and left flank..stood mesmerized by Orkney's one thin red line and the regimental colors fluttering above the crest beyond it. < as lemmas |
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