pilot flag
noun Nautical.
the flag symbolizing the letter G in the International Code of Signals, flown by itself to request a pilot from a pilot service: a flag of three yellow and three blue vertical stripes.
the flag symbolizing the letter H in the International Code of Signals, flown by itself to indicate that a pilot is on board: a flag with one white and one red vertical stripe.
Words nearby pilot flag
pilot chart,
pilot cloth,
pilot engine,
pilot film,
pilot fish,
pilot flag,
pilot house,
pilot ladder,
pilot lamp,
pilot light,
pilot officer
Example sentences from the Web for pilot flag
Some five hundred yards beyond the barrier, a small Danish steamer flying a pilot-flag, came steaming towards us.
Gun running for Casement in the Easter rebellion, 1916 |Karl Spindler