field colours
(US field colors) Military
noun
Colours used by an army, regiment, etc., when in the field; (formerly sometimes) specifically †small flags used to mark out the positions to be taken up by particular regiments, etc. (obsolete ).
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in David Person (fl. 1635).
- phyllophagan
- phyllophagous
- phyllophore
- phyllophorous
- phylloplane
- phyllopod
- phyllopodan
- phyllopodium
- phyllopodous
- phylloporphyrin
- phylloquinone
- phylloscopine
- phyllosilicate
- phyllosome
- phyllosphere
- phyllostomatid
- phyllostomid
- phyllostomine
- phyllostomoid
- phyllotactic
- phyllotactical
- phyllotaxis
- phyllotaxy
- phylloxanthin
- phylloxanthine