| 单词 | blackball flag |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblackball flag 4. U.S. Surfing. A flag featuring a solid black disc on a yellow background, used to indicate that board surfing is prohibited or restricted in the area. Chiefly attributive, esp. in blackball flag.The blackball flag system was introduced in California in the 1960s to protect swimmers and bodysurfers in crowded water. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > visual signalling > flag signalling > [noun] > signal flag > specific black flag1583 yellow flag1587 red flag1748 yellow jack1753 Blue Peter1754 fire flag1798 recall1832 pilot jack1848 homeward-bound pennant1853 powder flag1864 paying-off pennant1869 Peter1890 storm flag1896 negative flag1897 blackball1966 1966 Register (Orange County, Calif.) 30 Mar. c1/3 The plan to relax surfing regulations would use the ‘black ball’ flag system now in effect at Los Angeles County beaches. 1985 Orange County (Calif.) Register 14 Nov. (Metro section) b2/2 Body surfers had to share the Wedge with hard-board riders except during regular, citywide blackball hours. 1997 L. Ketchum Blue Coyote vii. 65 No one was surfing, and as he approached Bay Street, he saw why: It was a blackball day. 2013 Current (Newport Beach) 28 Oct. 8/1 I've been fortunate to have been surfing in Southern California for 30 years now, which means that infernal blackball flag has been in my life for all that time. < as lemmas |
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