Dictionary of Vexillology: Table of Contents

General Links

• Dictionary of Vexillology: Introduction
• Proposed Vexillological Conventions

Links to Terms (alphabetic)

• A:
• Abased – Advertising Pulldown
• Affrontant – Ajouré
• Alfaquaquus – American War Mothers Flag
• Anchor – Appointment Flag
• Aqua – Argent
• Armed – Armistice Day Flag
• Armorial Banner – Arrow Cross
• Ascending Diagonal – Attributed Flag
• Augmentation of Honour – Azure
• B:
• Background – Banner of Victory
• Banner
• Banner Roll – Barry Wavy
• Base – Bayeux Tapestry
• Beach Flag – Belaying Pin
• Bend – Bishop's Crook
• Black and White – Bow Pennant
• Braced – Brunatre
• Buddhist Flag – Buss
• C:
• Cable Number – Campaign
• Canadian Pale – Captured Flag
• Caravel – Ceremonial of Consecration
• Chakra – Church Pennant
• Cinquefoil – Civil Jack
• Clad – Cognisance
• Collar – Colours used in Heraldry
• Comb – Compony Counter-Company
• Conducting Colours – Convoy Flag
• Cord – Corsair Ensign
• Cottice – Cowed
• Cramp – Cypher
(excl. "CROSS")
• Crooked Cross – Cross Equipollé
• Cross Fitchy – Cross Moline
• Cross of Anjou – Cross of Victory
• Cross Patence – Crosstree
• D:
• Daimyo Flags – Dentelé
• Department Pennant – Dexter Hoist
• Dharma Chakra – Dipping
• Disc – Divisions in Heraldry
• Dolmen – Dutch Colours
• E:
• ‘E’ Cross – Emphasized
• Enamels – Enhanced Bend Sinister
• Ensign – Envecked
• Equilateral Triangle – Eyelet
• F:
• ‘F’ Cross – Fastness
• Federal Service Flag – Fixed
• Flag – Flag Mast
• Flag of a Department – Flag on a Flag
• Flag Patch – Flags in Fiction
• Flamant – Flying Rod
• FNFL Jack – Fourth Canton
• Fracted – Fylfot
• G:
• Gaff – Giton
• Gladius – Governor's Sash
• Gradient Fill – Grumphion
• Guardant – Gyrons
• H:
• Habited – Haurient
• Head – Historical Flag
• Hochflagge – Honourable Ordinaries
• Hooch Flag – Hussar Cut
• I:
• Iberian Cross – Imperial War Ensign
• In Abeyance – Inflamed
• Inglefield Clip – International Flags
• Invected – Italian Shield
• J:
• Jack – Jolly Roger
• K:
• Kaiserliche Kriegsflagge – Kommandowimpel
• L:
• Labarum – Layered Saltire
• Leading Edge – Letter of Marque
• Liberty Cap – Livery Colours
• Lodged – Lymphad
• M:
• Magen David – Maltese-like Cross
• Mandoria – Matricular Flags
• Meal Flag – Meteor Flag
• Middle Arms – Mizzen
• Model Flag – Mourning Ribbon
• Mullet – Mythological Creatures
• N:
• Nagelspitzenkreuz – Navy Flag
• Nebuly – Numeral Pennant
• O:
• Oblique Display Design – Optical Proportions
• Or – Owner Absent Flag
• P:
• Padded Emblem – Pantone Matching System
• Papal Cross – Paying Off Pennant
• Peace Flag – Pentagram
• Per Bend – Phrygian Cap
• Pierced – Ployé
• Points – POW-MIA Flag
• Pratique Flag – Prize Flag
• Processional Banner – Pyx
• Q:
• Quadrant – Quinterfoil
• R:
• Race Signals – Rays
• Realm Banner Black-Red-Gold – Religious Flag
• Remembrance Flag – Riverwheel
• Robed – Rowel
• Royal Arms – RYA Crown
• S:
• S Pennant – Saint Patrick's Cross
• Salient – Saw-toothed
• Scallop Shell – Scythian Cap
• Seal – Selvedge
• Semaphore – Set Towards
• Shades of Tincture – Shuttle
• Signal Flag – Smaller Arms
• Snakehead Cross – Spur Rowel
• Squadron – Stars and Stripes
• Statant – Staynande Colours
• Stella – Stumpmast
• Sub-national Flag – Supranational Flag
• Surfing Flag – Symmetrical Outwardly Stepped
• T:
• Tab – Teutonic Cross
• Thangka – Tower Towered
• Trade Union Banner – Tressure Fleury
• Triangle – Triarched Triangular Shield
• Tribal Flag – Triskelion
• Trooping the Colour – Type Flag
• U:
• Uma-Jirushi – US Executive Order
• V:
• Vailing – Veteran's Flag
• Vexiferret – Vytis Cross
• W:
• Waft – West-South Diagonal
• Whaling Flags – Wyvern
• X
• 'X' Cross
• Y:
• Yacht Ensign – Y Shape
• Z:
• Ziggurat – Zupa Gaiferia

Appendices

• Appendix I: Parts of a Flag and Flagpole
• Appendix II: International Customs Regarding the Placing and Handling of Flags
• Appendix III: discontinued
• Appendix IV: Armorial Bearings
• Appendix V: Postures and Attributes of Heraldic Beasts
• Appendix VI: discontinued
• Appendix VII: discontinued
• Appendix VIII: Crosses in Heraldry
• Appendix IX Diagonal Stripes

Indices of Terms

• A–B
• C
• D–E
• F
• G–I
• J–N
• O–Q
• R
• S–T
• U–Z

Dictionary of Vexillology: Additional Notes

Detailed Information (related FOTW pages)

• Black Cravats
• Centred Upright Crosses (St. George-type) on Flags (Overview)
• The crescent in flags
• Crowns on flags
• Fictional flags
• Finials and fringe
• Flag Bearers
• Flag Families
• Flag Sizes (Comparative)
• Flags and religions
• Flags of Convenience
• Flags of international organizations
• Flags of Languages
• Flags on Stamps
• Flags on the Ground (Vailing)
• From Flag to Roundel
• Guidons and Pennons
• Headsticks
• Heraldic Banners
• Honor points on flags
• Houseflags of shipping companies
• International sporting organizations
• Jacks
• Off-centred Crosses (Overview)
• Pan-African Colours
• Pan-Arab Colours
• Pilot Flags
• Pirates
• Ratios of Flags
• The Raven Flag
• Royal standards
• St. Andrew (Saltire) Crosses on Flags (Overview)
• Signal flags
• Vexilloids
• Weather flags

Other Links

• Etymology of Vexillological terminology
• Vexillological Theory and Practice

Related Outside Links

• German glossary of vexillological terms (in German)
• Croatian vexillological dictionary/English-Croatian vexillological dictionary