house flag

Example Sentences

• "The colour finish is the latest Southern green, with gold lines, with the name Channel Packet in raised lettering on a red background on a cast brass ring, surrounding a replica of the house flag of the S.R. fleet in vitreous enamel in the centre."
• "It is usual, customary and correct for the house flag of a company to be worn at the mainmast head; however there are exceptions, and as Commander Hilary Mead has pointed out in his book on Sea Flags,* the Brocklebank Line have always used the foremast."
• "The red flag of the sultanate and the house flag of the owners of the Picciola were hoisted."
• "While, as stated before, the function of the house flag was to identify a vessel's owner, there were occasions when the flag that was shown represented the agent who was operating the vessel for the owner; or, if the vessel was sailing under charter, the flag flown was that of the contracting party."
• "A short time ago I asked one of the American airlines to send me a specimen of their house flag."
• "As The First National Bank of Shreveport begins its 87th year of continuous service, we are proud to present our new house flag which will soon fly along with the American Flag at the Main Office and at each of our suburban branches."