单词 | vierkleur |
释义 | Vierkleurn. The flag of the 19th-cent. South African (Transvaal) Republic (1857–77 and 1881–1900), distinguished by three horizontal stripes of red, white, and blue, and one vertical green stripe on the left-hand side. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > standard > [noun] > flag > flags of other specific nations Red Ensign1828 Southern Cross1855 sun flag1882 Eureka flag1896 Vierkleur1900 Blue Ensign1919 1900 W. S. Churchill in Morning Post 17 July 8/1 Someone..produced a Union Jack (made during imprisonment out of a Vierkleur). 1911 H. H. Fyfe S. Afr. To-day 106 Yet in Cape Town shop-windows are exhibited cards lamenting the ‘Vierkleur’, the four-coloured flag of the Transvaal. 1929 D. Reitz Commando iii. 20 On the left of the track stood a large marquee over which floated the vier-kleur flag of the Transvaal, indicating General Joubert's headquarters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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